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Aleppo-Workers giving visitors a tour 900 feet down the Bailey coal mine that straddles Washington and Greene counties in Pennsylvania. (Salena Zito)

In Pennsylvania coal country, follow the climate money

Salena Zito · October 20, 2026 1:07 pm

Jake Loosararian, CEO of Gecko Robotics

Pittsburgh’s Gecko Robotics expands its Navy contract to $300 million

People wearing all black in Lyon, France, protest and peer at the arson of their own demise of a burning tourism office.

France on fire — a dangerous inflection point for the West

Abdul el Sayed.

Slick Abdul

President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump has killed the American-led world order

George Washington.

On This Day: Gen. Washington is being chased by a demon he cannot outrun

Salena Zito February 9, 2026 3:31 pm

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping at meeting in Moscow.

Why China is fueling Russia’s war on Ukraine

Sean Durns February 9, 2026 3:22 pm

Bad Bunny.

Bad Bunny is bad

Timothy P. Carney February 9, 2026 1:00 pm

President Donald Trump.

Trump, another hair-on-fire uproar, and the midterms

Byron York February 8, 2026 12:03 am

A drawing of Gen. Charles Lee.

On This Day: Charles Lee’s turn against Washington

Salena Zito February 6, 2026 1:03 pm

Austria, Vienna, Statue of the Greek philosopher Thucydides in front of the columns to the Parliament Building. (Photo by: Eye Ubiquitous/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Trumping Thucydides

Dominic Green February 6, 2026 5:10 am

Far-right political figure Nick Fuentes rallies outside Turning Point USA’s The People’s Convention on June 15, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan. Fuentes and his supporters, known as “groypers”, held a rally outside after being ejected from the Turning Point event. (Photo by Dominic Gwinn/Getty Images)

The kids are alt-right

Dan Hannan February 6, 2026 5:06 am

Jessica Tisch, commissioner of the New York Police Department (NYPD), from left, Kathy Hochul, governor of New York, and Zohran Mamdani, mayor of New York, during a public safety announcement at 1 Police Plaza in New York, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. Officials touted a record low pace for shooting incidents citywide and the lowest subway crime in sixteen years, according to a press release. Photographer: Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images

New York vs. West Virginia: A sanctuary case study

Guy Benson February 6, 2026 4:56 am

Painted portrait of Reverend Matthew Graves who refused to change the traditional prayer for King George to a prayer for the new American Congress. He was allowed to move to New York, behind enemy lines where he acted as a pastor to Loyalist refugees.

On This Day: Washington is confronted with the issue of religious freedom

Salena Zito February 5, 2026 5:55 pm

A person walks into the One Franklin Square Building, home of The Washington Post.

Don’t cry for the Washington Post, it helped destroy media

David Harsanyi February 5, 2026 12:58 pm

US Steel's Clairton Coke Works

US Steel resumes work at Clairton Coke Works six months after fatal explosions

Salena Zito February 5, 2026 12:43 pm

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, right, and former President Bill Clinton arrive before the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol.

The Clintons are so over

Byron York February 5, 2026 11:29 am