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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

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 27. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Democrats will pay political price for Obamacare in 2014

Byron York December 26, 2013 5:00 am

President Obama on Friday defended the National Security Agency's collection of phone metadata, saying he was confident that the agency did not abuse its powers. (AP Photo)

Stop the lies: Time for an intelligence community shakeup

David Freddoso December 25, 2013 5:00 am

After six months of mulling over November's election results, many Republicans remain convinced that the party's only path to future victory is to improve the GOP's appeal to Hispanic voters. (AP/Isaac Brekken)

Flashback Column: Byron York on the Hispanic vote and GOP’s future

Byron York December 25, 2013 5:00 am

Brothers Silas "Uncle Si" Robertson, left, and Phil Robertson from the popular series "Duck Dynasty." Phil Robertson was suspended last week for disparaging comments he made to GQ magazine about gay people.ÃÂ (AP Photo)

‘Duck Dynasty’ controversy should remind Christians what they stand for

Cal Thomas December 25, 2013 5:00 am

Happy mother and father kissing their daughter in the park

Children in two-parent families do better in life

Michael Barone December 25, 2013 5:00 am

The day left me pondering exactly what my favorite Christmas things are. (Photo: Thinkstock)

How I spent my Christmas

Gregory Kane December 25, 2013 5:00 am

This undated image released by A&E shows brothers Silas "Uncle Si" Robertson, left, and Phil Robertson from the popular series "Duck Dynasty." (AP/A&E, Zach Dilgard)

Who are the real haters in the ‘Duck Dynasty’ controversy?

Noemie Emery December 24, 2013 5:00 am

Customers wait in line at the flagship Toys 'R' Us store in New York's Times Square. The bankrupt retailer is closing all its U.S. stores.

War on Christmas: Let secular culture have a ‘happy holiday’ while Christians have a merry Christmas

Timothy P. Carney December 24, 2013 5:00 am

A person uses a computer to access healthcare.gov. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty images)

Congress should let everyone buy catastrophic health insurance

Diana Furchtgott-Roth December 24, 2013 5:00 am

On June 7, the week after former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden revealed the agency's secret collection of call records data on millions of Americans, President Obama said he "welcomed the debate" on the program. (AP File)

Obama’s ‘I welcome the debate’ on NSA spying is the real ‘Lie of the Year’

Gene Healy December 23, 2013 5:00 am

Lowering tax rates could help stop the widespread disintegration of the family structure. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Flashback Column: Michael Barone on tax cuts for two-parent families

Michael Barone December 23, 2013 5:00 am

For many Democrats, voting against the individual mandate, even delaying the mandate, is tantamount to repealing Obamacare altogether. (Thinkstock)

GOP should try again to delay Obamacare’s individual mandate

Byron York December 23, 2013 5:00 am