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El Sayed and the art of conning voters

Hugo Gurdon · October 28, 2026 6:00 am

Gov. Josh Shapiro at a campaign rally in Beaver, Pennsylvania.

Josh Shapiro promises restraint as Democrats eye a Pennsylvania sweep

PHILADELPHIA- U.S. Senator David McCormick hosted the inaugural Pennsylvania Red Tape Dialogues last week at Temple University in Philadelphia with the goal of bringing together C-suite executives, small business owners, policy experts, and federal/state regulators to identify and eliminate burdensome government regulations. (credit Sen. McCormick's office)

McCormick takes on Pennsylvania’s red tape, one binder at a time

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Another 2026 polling wrinkle

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md.

The logic behind Trump’s ‘pretend I’m on the ballot’ appeal

Mitt Romney benched himself, but remains a player in 2016

Mitt Romney benched himself, but remains a player in 2016

Hugh Hewitt February 1, 2015 10:00 pm

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, hugs N.J. Gov. Chris Christie, left, on the floor of the House Chamber at the Statehouse, in Boston, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, before inaugural ceremonies for Charlie Baker.
Baker was sworn in as governor during a ceremony in the House Chamber before members of the state Supreme Judicial Court, House and Senate lawmakers, and other top elected officials. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

After Mitt: A GOP message of incentives, sound money and growth

Lawrence Kudlow January 31, 2015 8:34 pm

House Speaker John Boehner called the Obama administration's treatment of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "reprehensible."(AP Photo)

Obama’s narcissistic dissing of Israel

David Limbaugh January 30, 2015 8:50 pm

A U.S. Marine carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Marine Lance Cpl. Dale W. Means, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

Obama’s Taliban tools and treachery

Michelle Malkin January 30, 2015 8:38 pm

A better Cuba deal

A better Cuba deal

Mona Charen January 30, 2015 6:32 pm

Migrant workers from Mexico and Nicaragua harvest Burley tobacco grown by Tucker Farms before hanging the leaves in barns to begin their six week curing process September 9, 2013 in Pleasureville, Kentucky. (Photo by Luke Sharrett/Getty images)

Iowa pitfalls

Linda Chavez January 30, 2015 6:19 pm

President Barack Obama and new Saudi Arabian King, Salman bin Abdul Aziz, are photographed as they shake hands in a bilateral meeting at Erga Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. The president has come to express condolences on the death of the late Saudi Arabian King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama keeps bowing in the Middle East

David Harsanyi January 30, 2015 6:16 pm

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks during the Freedom Summit, Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP/Charlie Neibergall)

Time for Scott Walker to get serious about foreign policy

Philip Klein January 30, 2015 10:00 am

Public opinion left out of picture in Obama immigration drive

Public opinion left out of picture in Obama immigration drive

Byron York January 29, 2015 11:46 pm

Sen. Richard Shelby, the Alabama Republican who is chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, hasn't weighed in on legislative priorities or an approach to Dodd-Frank, his office said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Export-Import Bank fuels fight between pro-business and free-enterprise GOP

Timothy P. Carney January 29, 2015 11:20 pm

Yet it is wrong to consider Rand Paul not a conservative because he is critical of national defense surveillance and incarceration of white-collar criminals or users of proscribed marijuana; or to consider a hawkish foreign policy as not conservative; or to urge that our borders be strengthened and strict immigration laws enforced. (AP Photo)

Conservatism is now everywhere

R. Emmett Tyrrell January 29, 2015 4:50 pm

Seattle Seahawks' Marshawn Lynch attends a news conference for NFL Super Bowl XLIX football game, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)

NFL tough guys need dads, too

Larry Elder January 29, 2015 4:50 pm