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PHILADELPHIA- U.S. Senator David McCormick hosted the inaugural Pennsylvania Red Tape Dialogues last week at Temple University in Philadelphia with the goal of bringing together C-suite executives, small business owners, policy experts, and federal/state regulators to identify and eliminate burdensome government regulations. (credit Sen. McCormick's office)

McCormick takes on Pennsylvania’s red tape, one binder at a time

Salena Zito · October 26, 2026 4:08 pm

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Another 2026 polling wrinkle

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md.

The logic behind Trump’s ‘pretend I’m on the ballot’ appeal

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

Trump.

Trump and the MAGA enthusiasm strategy

Manhattan Moment: Get FDA off the slow track

Manhattan Moment: Get FDA off the slow track

Paul Howard May 16, 2013 4:00 am

Federal Environmental Executive Jon Powers is responsible for carrying out President Obama's environmental agenda. (Photo: AP)

Ron Arnold: Obscure White House climate warrior wields vast powers

Ron Arnold May 16, 2013 4:00 am

Stop, pay your taxes!

David Harsanyi: Get the IRS out of the political speech business

David Harsanyi May 16, 2013 4:00 am

According to the Washington Post, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius "has made multiple phone calls to health industry executives, community organizations and church groups and asked that they contribute whatever they can to nonprofit groups that are working to enroll uninsured Americans and increase awareness of the law."

Philip Klein: Obamacare’s empress strikes again

Philip Klein May 15, 2013 4:00 am

Attorney General Eric Holder is facing calls from Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus to step down for tapping the phones of the Associated Press. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

Gregory Kane: Past time for Eric Holder to go

Gregory Kane May 15, 2013 4:00 am

Cal Thomas: Kermit Gosnell’s ‘clinic of horrors’

Cal Thomas May 15, 2013 12:00 am

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Walter Williams: College professors can teach you to hate America

Walter Williams May 14, 2013 4:00 am

$The incomes of those who live in the 28 New York counties above the Marcellus Shale have the potential to expand by as much as 15 percent over the next four years -- if the state's moratorium on hydro-fracturing is lifted. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)$

Fracking could create new wealth for New York as it has for Pennsylvania

Diana Furchtgott-Roth May 13, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama ought to stay away from jokes about sending the IRS to audit his enemies after the Associated Press revealed that the IRS targeted Tea Party organizations. (Thinkstock)

Gene Healy: Nothing to joke about in a partisan IRS

Gene Healy May 13, 2013 4:00 am

Thomas Perez, assistant attorney general for civil rights, is set to have his nomination as secretary of labor voted on by a Senate committee Thursday. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Sean Higgins: Perez snubs Congress he wants to confirm him

Sean Higgins May 13, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama has dodged responsibility and shrouded himself in secrecy as questions are raised about Benghazi and the IRS. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Cal Thomas: Nixonian response to Benghazi, IRS scandals

Cal Thomas May 13, 2013 4:00 am

Hillary Clinton left the Senate to be Secretary of State, but after mishandling Benghazi, may be wishing she had stayed in the Senate. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Noemie Emery: Hillary Clinton and the pain of the wrong road taken

Noemie Emery May 13, 2013 4:00 am