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Abdul el Sayed’s chronic, brazen lying

Guy Benson · October 23, 2026 5:45 am

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

El Sayed and Rogers.

What’s ahead if the polls are right — or wrong

Aleppo-Workers giving visitors a tour 900 feet down the Bailey coal mine that straddles Washington and Greene counties in Pennsylvania. (Salena Zito)

In Pennsylvania coal country, follow the climate money

Protesters against Trump's mass deportation policies wave Mexican flags after setting cars on fire in Los Angeles, California, on June 8, 2025. (Ringo Chiu / AFP via Getty Images)

Study showing increase in left-wing violence omitted numerous acts of left-wing violence

Christopher Tremoglie October 2, 2025 3:58 pm

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaking at a joint House and Senate GOP press conference on the first day of the government shutdown on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025.

The shutdown fight is a critical moment in the expansion of the government

Byron York October 1, 2025 7:27 pm

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters.

Donald Trump: Energy in the executive

Michael Barone October 1, 2025 3:41 pm

Des Moines schools Superintendent Ian Roberts.

Ian Roberts’s time in Erie under scrutiny

Salena Zito September 30, 2025 5:22 pm

A woman clutches a U.S. flag as she and applicants from 20 countries prepare to take the oath of citizenship in commemoration of Independence Day during a Naturalization Ceremony in San Antonio, Thursday, July 3, 2025.

Thoughts on becoming an American this morning

Hugo Gurdon September 30, 2025 2:12 pm

Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts.

Iowa’s stunning, embarrassing immigration mess

Byron York September 30, 2025 2:00 pm

James Comey speaks at an event.

A brief example of James Comey’s dishonesty

Byron York September 28, 2025 6:13 pm

A University of Pittsburgh student is baptized at Pitt for Purpose.

We are not OK, but there is hope

Salena Zito September 26, 2025 5:16 pm

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr speaks in New York City, Sept. 22, 2025.

You either believe in free speech, or you don’t

David Harsanyi September 26, 2025 2:00 pm

President Donald Trump, center, and First Lady Melania Trump, upper right, walk up the escalator after it stalled as he rode up to the General Assembly Hall, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

Escalator and escalation

Dominic Green September 26, 2025 5:20 am

Pile of duvets, sleeping bags, blankets and cardboard, used by homeless people on the pavement while people pass by on the Strand on 28th January 2025 in London, United Kingdom. The scene is illustrative of the social disparity in the UK with some people who live in relative wealth in comparison to others. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)

All 50 states are now richer than Britain

Dan Hannan September 26, 2025 5:15 am

Attendees pray during an "American Comeback Tour" stop hosted by Turning Point USA in Burruss Hall at Virgina Tech university in Blacksburg, Virginia, on September 24, 2025. The event is being held two weeks after the killing of right-wing activist and co-founder of Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk during an "American Comeback Tour" stop in Orem, Utah on September 10. (Photo by Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP) (Photo by ALEX WROBLEWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

After Charlie Kirk, a Great Awakening?

Timothy P. Carney September 26, 2025 5:05 am