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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

Trump.

Trump and the MAGA enthusiasm strategy

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Abdul el Sayed’s chronic, brazen lying

Abdul el Sayed.

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

Bucks County demonstrators.

The conservative who said yes to Bucks County, USA

Just like a heart patient straying from his diet as time passes after his heart attack, the political class has collectively decided to tune out the federal debt as an issue. (iStock)

Ignoring the U.S. debt problem won’t wash it away

Philip Klein August 28, 2014 10:47 pm

Republican aides on Capitol Hill say there is no chance of a government shutdown this fall, pushing back against a common Democratic argument heading into the midterms. (AP Photo)

Another government shutdown? Not gonna happen

Byron York August 28, 2014 10:26 pm

President Obama lines up a putt on the first green on August 9, in Oak Bluffs, Mass. (Getty images/Matthew Healey)

Golf is not the answer, President Obama

R. Emmett Tyrrell August 28, 2014 1:33 pm

Why has there been no media interest in the police shooting of an apparently unarmed suspect in Salt Lake City? (iStock)

Another Ferguson? Wait, wrong race, no interest

Larry Elder August 28, 2014 1:38 am

Alex Salmond (R) First Minister of Scotland and Alistair Darling, chairman of Better Together, took part in a debate Monday in Glasgow, Scotland. (Getty images/Jeff J Mitchell)

Scotland’s future hangs in balance

Cal Thomas August 27, 2014 11:15 pm

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel (L) said the Islamic State is a threat "beyond anything that we've seen," and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey called it an "apocalyptic" group that will "have to be defeated." (Getty images/Mark Wilson)

Another bad war in Iraq

Steve Chapman August 27, 2014 10:28 pm

President Obama speaks in Charlotte, N.C., on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama’s segue from constructive tax proposals to low-grade demagoguery

Michael Barone August 27, 2014 9:40 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin apparently is a very patient man. (AP Photo)

Vladimir Putin imposes his own reset on Obama

Jed Babbin August 27, 2014 7:47 pm

Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks to the Las Vegas Asian Chamber of Commerce on Aug. 21, and blows it. (YouTube)

Asian-bashing Dems and the doormat minorities who enable them

Michelle Malkin August 27, 2014 12:20 am

In this May 22, 2014, file photo, Wesley Simon-Parsons, civil and environmental supervisor at Dominion Terminal Associates, stands near piles of coal at the company's coal terminal in Newport News, Va. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Under assault from Big Green, coal is fighting back

Ron Arnold August 26, 2014 11:11 pm

Export-Import Bank faces rocky path to renewal as Congress returns

Timothy P. Carney August 26, 2014 10:56 pm

Christian refugees from Mosul find a home in Merga Souva, Iraq. The group has a church by its compound which holds currently 140 Christians who have all fled from the terror jihadist group Islamic State. (Photo by Gail Orenstein/NurPhoto/Sipa USA) (Sipa via AP images)

Obama tries, but he cannot avoid evil

Noemie Emery August 26, 2014 9:31 pm