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From left: Eos CEO Joe Mastrangelo, U.S. under secretary of energy Alex Fitzsimmons, and Eos COO Michelle Buczkowski.

From China to Pittsburgh, Eos bets on American manufacturing

Salena Zito · October 30, 2026 3:03 pm

President Donald Trump gestures after speaking at a campaign rally at the Sioux Gateway Airport in Iowa.

Has no tax on tips/overtime/Social Security helped the GOP?

President Donald Trump and tariffs.

Why did anyone think Trump’s tariffs would be popular?

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An eleventh-hour GOP surge, or a looming blue blowout?

Inside sleeve of "Proud Pumpkin" book.

More than a page: How a simple story can shape a childhood

A Bloomberg/Des Moines Register poll found that 57 percent of Iowa Republicans thought it would be a good thing if the former president George W. Bush advised his brother Jeb in the White House, suggesting Bush 43 might actually be an asset to his White House-seeking sibling. (Getty Image)

Republicans beware of Bush nostalgia

W. James Antle III June 4, 2015 4:01 am

Gun violence is up 60 percent in Baltimore so far this year compared to 2014. (AP Photo)

Are we in for another high-crime era after the response to Ferguson and Baltimore?

Michael Barone June 3, 2015 9:00 pm

SamÂ Tanenhuas lists Wisconsin Sen. Joe McCarthy and several obscure archconservatives as being the fathers of the modern Republican policy. (AP Photo)Â

The war about peace

Noemie Emery June 2, 2015 9:00 am

Palmyra is one of a handful of places on the planet whose presence can't easily be conveyed through a camera lens. (AP Chart)

Islamic State is destroying the common patrimony of the human race

Dan Hannan June 1, 2015 9:00 am

What is to be done? Citizens, says Murray, should be willing to violate laws that the ordinary person would instantly recognize as ridiculous. (Getty Image)

Is it time for civil disobedience of kludgeocratic bureaucracy?

Michael Barone June 1, 2015 9:00 am

Improved sharing of "threat indicators" between government and industry has been identified by major business groups and some security experts as the top priority right now for cybersecurity policymakers. (iStock Photo)

Information sharing is taking back seat to NSA reform

Charlie Mitchell June 1, 2015 9:00 am

Beach goers barbecue and gather around traditional beach bonfires on July 6, 2013 in Huntington Beach, Calif. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Congress’s shameful Patriot Act brinksmanship

Hugh Hewitt May 31, 2015 9:00 pm

Ohio Gov. John Kasich, like Huckabee and Santorum, frames some of his political agenda as an expression of his Christianity. (AP)

Three strains of Republican populism

Philip Klein May 29, 2015 1:06 pm

Former State executive secretary said he witnessed Clinton using her BlackBerry in the hall outside her office. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)

If Hillary becomes president, who will make her obey the law?

Byron York May 28, 2015 11:16 pm

Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential race on Wednesday, May 27, 2015 in Cabot, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Rick Santorum’s crucial message for the Right

Timothy P. Carney May 28, 2015 9:00 pm

Dan and Fran Keller pose outside of the Travis County, Texas, courthouse. They are trying to prove their innocence in the infamous day care sexual assault case from the early 1990s. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Ricardo B. Brazziell)

We still haven’t recovered from the last moral panic over sexual assault

Ashe Schow May 28, 2015 9:00 am

"It has become impossible to imagine a President Paul defeating radical Islam and it's time for the rest of us to say it," Gov. Jindal said in a statement. (AP)

The GOP is having a foreign policy fight

W. James Antle III May 28, 2015 9:00 am