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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

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

The Democratic party survived President Clinton's scandals in the 1998 midterm elections, but President Obama may not be so lucky. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Noemie Emery: The Clinton Effect may not help Obama

Noemie Emery June 12, 2013 4:00 am

R. Emmett Tyrrell: Give Edward Snowden what he deserves

R. Emmett Tyrrell June 12, 2013 4:00 am

After the 9/11 attacks, President George W. Bush and Attorney General John Ashcroft pushed through the Patriot Act, which set the groundwork for the National Security Council's controversial phone-tapping program. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Steve Chapman: Presidents, 2, Democracy, 0

Steve Chapman June 12, 2013 4:00 am

Seven Army soldiers and two Marines received administrative punishments, but are not facing criminal charges, for their part in the Secret Service prostitution scandal in Colombia in 2012. (AP Photo/Pedro Mendoza, File)

Cal Thomas: Americans’ foreign affairs strike home

Cal Thomas June 12, 2013 4:00 am

For both Obama-haters and Bush-haters, a smaller government reduces the amount of influence and control the "wrong side" has over the other. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Larry Elder: Scandals demonstrate evil of big government

Larry Elder June 12, 2013 4:00 am

On this day, June 12, 1963, civil rights leader Medgar Evers was assassinated In Jackson, Miss.

Gregory Kane: Remembering Medgar Evers

Gregory Kane June 12, 2013 4:00 am

Four historically union-friendly Midwestern states have adopted laws that threaten to speed the decline of union membership. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Sean Higgins: Big Labor unprepared to battle new right-to-work laws

Sean Higgins June 11, 2013 4:00 am

250 employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs are paid full-time to work for unions, not for the taxpayer. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Diana Furchtgott-Roth: Hundreds of VA employees working for union on taxpayers’ dime

Diana Furchtgott-Roth June 11, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said the National Security Agency's data mining violates our Fourth Amendment right to be "secure in their persons, houses, papers" and is "tyranny that our founders rebelled against." (Photo: Thinkstock)

John Stossel: NSA program only the latest government overreach

John Stossel June 11, 2013 4:00 am

Sarah Murnaghan, left, was receiving her new lungs Wednesday at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, a family spokeswoman said. (AP Photo/Murnaghan Family, File)

Organ transplant policy needs rethinking

Walter Williams June 11, 2013 4:00 am

President Barack Obama during remarks on immigration reform in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday, June 11, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Immigration bill is part of Democratic push for permanent majority

Michelle Malkin June 11, 2013 4:00 am

A copy of former President George Washington's personal copy of the Constitution and Bill of Rights is displayed at Christie's auction house on June 15, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty images)

Cal Thomas: Trust the Constitution, not the government

Cal Thomas June 10, 2013 4:00 am