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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

Tiana Lowe Doescher · October 24, 2026 8:03 am

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Trump and the MAGA enthusiasm strategy

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Abdul el Sayed’s chronic, brazen lying

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Is it too late to move the midterm needle in Michigan?

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The conservative who said yes to Bucks County, USA

"19 Kids and Counting" is a reality television show featuring the Duggar family of northwestern Arkansas. The Duggars are devout Independent Baptists, a fundamentalist offshoot of Baptism.ÃÂ (TLC/Scott Enlow)

My secret shame: I’m addicted to ’19 Kids and Counting’

David Harsanyi September 6, 2014 7:33 pm

People are up in arms about President Obama acknowledging and then later retracting his admission that he doesn't have an overall strategy to deal with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama doesn’t fully grasp the threat of ISIS

David Limbaugh September 6, 2014 7:16 pm

President Barack Obama delivering the commencement address to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point's Class of 2014, in West Point, N.Y., May 28, 2014. The president defended his foreign policy, declaring that the U.S. remains the world's most indispensable nation, but argued for restraint before embarking on more military adventures. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama’s focus on domestic matters has yielded no results

Mona Charen September 6, 2014 6:28 pm

You can't push against the seat until the other person returns the reclining seat to its upright position. You can't scream and swear and throw things. If you do, the airplane will land at the nearest airport and let the cops put you in a seat you'll find even less comfy, Chapman writes. (iStock Photo)

Want more leg room in a flight? Pay for it

Steve Chapman September 6, 2014 5:53 pm

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, accompanied by fellow Republican senators, take questions on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 11, 2014, following a GOP caucus lunch. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

A bold and optimistic GOP can win big in November

Lawrence Kudlow September 6, 2014 5:28 pm

Majority Leader Harry Reid and his Democratic colleagues have often accused Republicans of using the 60-vote requirement to obstruct the Senate. (AP File)

After years of bashing filibuster, will Senate Dems embrace it?

Byron York September 4, 2014 10:11 pm

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder makes false but racially incendiary claims about today's alleged "pernicious" racism, Larry Elder writes. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Eric Holder: A more dangerous race-card hustler than Al Sharpton

Larry Elder September 4, 2014 7:32 pm

Iraqi security forces hold a flag of the Islamic State group they captured during an operation outside Amirli, some 105 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday. (AP Photo)

Ignorance fuels the calls for war

Steve Chapman September 4, 2014 6:51 pm

It's really property rights that encourage good stewardship. If you pollute, it's your neighbors who are most likely to complain, not bureaucrats at the EPA.ÃÂ (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Government regulation is more harmful than helpful to the environment

John Stossel September 4, 2014 6:38 pm

A Neanderthal rock engraving at Gorham's Cave in Gibraltar. The series of lines scratched into the rock could be proof that Neanderthals were more intelligent and creative than previously thought. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Stuart Finlayson via Journal)

Neanderthal rock art: primitive or genius?

R. Emmett Tyrrell September 4, 2014 6:26 pm

President Obama waves after speaking at Nordea Concert Hall in Tallinn, Estonia, Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis; photo illustration effects by the Washington Examiner)

Democrats look increasingly like the party of the past

Michael Barone September 3, 2014 11:46 pm

One of the central arguments of the lawyers defending gay marriage bans are that we should limit marriage to male-female couples because that's been the norm in Western cultures for millennia. It's an argument deeply rooted in conservative political philosophy, which has never really had much influence in the United States. (iStock Photo)

‘Tradition’ is not a good argument against gay marriage

Steve Chapman September 3, 2014 9:28 pm