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

Josh Shapiro promises restraint as Democrats eye a Pennsylvania sweep

Salena Zito · October 27, 2026 3:08 pm

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

President Donald Trump touches his ear as he talks about the noise from the new ballroom construction before a Medal of Honor ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Monday, March 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The closing economic pitch Republicans are too scared to make

Rep. Elise Stefanik, Sen. Joni Ernst and Rep. Mia Love (AP images)

New GOP women will have to walk a fine line

Ashe Schow January 8, 2015 10:00 am

Two MONUSCO UN soldiers stand guard in Goma's port as Police Nationale du Congo officers who fled Goma when M23 rebels took over the city Nov. 18 2012, return on a barge to the port of Goma, eastern Congo, Friday Nov. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Congo’s elites undermining peacekeeping successes

Austin Bay January 7, 2015 4:49 pm

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Will there be a 2016 lame-duck disability bailout?

Terence Jeffrey January 7, 2015 4:42 pm

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., greets House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, as the House of Representatives gathered for the opening session of the 114th Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republican Congress completes Democrats’ corporate welfare agenda

Timothy P. Carney January 7, 2015 10:00 am

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The ‘equality’ racket

Thomas Sowell January 6, 2015 6:26 pm

Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan speaks at a rally for Senator Durenberger February 8, 1982. Reagan turns 92 on February 6, 2003. (Photo by Michael Evans/The White House/Getty Images)

Correcting the revisionists on the Reagan record

David Limbaugh January 6, 2015 6:24 pm

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How the Internet helps society be more trusting

John Stossel January 6, 2015 6:16 pm

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks about education reform during a forum in Nashville, Tenn. (AP/Mark Humphrey)

Two wrongs by the Right?

Noemie Emery January 6, 2015 10:00 am

Can Mitch McConnell really make the Senate better?

Can Mitch McConnell really make the Senate better?

Byron York January 6, 2015 1:12 am

A group of protesters gather at Grand Central Terminal in New York, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. A number of protests have been staged around the country following recent grand jury decisions not to indict white police officers in New York and Ferguson, Mo., over the deaths of unarmed black men. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Liberals’ use of black people, part II

Walter Williams January 5, 2015 5:03 pm

2015 is the year of the mandate

2015 is the year of the mandate

Philip Klein January 5, 2015 10:00 am

French President FranÃ§ois Hollande speaks during a joint news conference with President Obama, as part of an official state visit in the East Room of the White House. (AP/ J. Scott Applewhite)

France’s mistake shows taxing wealth doesn’t work

Dan Hannan January 5, 2015 10:00 am