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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

Dan Hannan · October 17, 2026 8:05 am

President Donald Trump waves as he walks past presidential portraits along the Colonnade.

Inside Trump’s job approval crisis

Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate Abdul El-Sayed, talks to the media after a televised debate with Republican nominee for U.S. Senate Mike Rogers at WOOD-TV, on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, in Grand Rapids, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

El Sayed’s cure for high gas prices would make them worse

Hakeem Jeffries and Mike Johnson

What Pittsburgh can teach the next House majority

Trump.

It’s nothing like it was under Biden, but inflation still vexes Trump

Economically deflating Russia can be done

Lawrence Kudlow March 24, 2014 12:00 am

President Obama’s overtime pay gambit

Steve Chapman March 24, 2014 12:00 am

GOP finds unwinding Obamacare vexing now that it’s taken root

Byron York March 24, 2014 12:00 am

In this photo taken Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, a U.S. Navy F-18 flies off the deck of the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in the Gulf of Oman for missions relating to Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Will any 2016 Republican hopeful stand up for a strong defense?

Hugh Hewitt March 23, 2014 4:00 am

Three Apache helicopters from the North Carolina National Guard, left, escort two Black Hawk helicopters from the Alabama National Guard as they fly a mission over the Kuwait desert Oct. 12, 1998. (AP Photo/Bob Jordan)

Active and reserve forces are all on the same Army team

James Jay Carafano March 23, 2014 12:00 am

Aside from the exposure questions, Ex-Im's Boeing-heavy portfolio taints Ex-Im's loan guarantee program.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

Is ‘Boeing’s Bank’ heading for a jumbo-jet bubble?

Timothy P. Carney March 22, 2014 4:00 am

Spanish-language campaign signs promoting President Obama hang on the windows at Lechonera El Barrio Restaurant in Orlando, Fla., in October 2012. (AP Photo/Julie Fletcher)

Reaching out to minorities is key to a true conservative realignment

Star Parker March 22, 2014 12:00 am

The average hourly wages for agricultural workers listed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2012 was $14 an hour. But despite conservative columnists Ann Coulter's fantasies, few Americans are lining up for jobs picking crops while stooped under the hot sun eight hours a day. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Conservatives ought to know better than to support a minimum-wage hike

Linda Chavez March 21, 2014 4:00 am

Sadly, there is not enough space here to tell you the entire 7-year saga of whistleblower Michael Winston, but the bottom line is this: He got royally screwed by the California judicial system.

A whistleblower’s worst nightmare

Diane Dimond March 21, 2014 4:00 am

The foundational myth of Common Core is that it's a "state-led" initiative with grassroots support that was crafted by local educators for the good of all of our children. But the cash and power behind the new ad campaign tell you all you need to know. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Get to know the Common Core marketing overlords

Michelle Malkin March 21, 2014 4:00 am

Are voters too sensitive?

David Harsanyi March 21, 2014 12:00 am

Why President Obama scares me

Mona Charen March 21, 2014 12:00 am