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Trump and the MAGA enthusiasm strategy

Byron York · October 23, 2026 11:17 pm

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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

El Sayed and Rogers.

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

National flags of Britain and America line the Mall thoroughfare in London leading to the gilded Queen Victoria Monument standing in front of Buckingham Palace in background, Sunday June 2, 2019, ahead of a State Visit to the U.K. by President Donald Trump. (David Mirzoeff/PA via AP)

Britain fêtes Trump like a king, but he knows he isn’t one

Hugo Gurdon September 17, 2025 6:30 am

Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks at his primary election party, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in New York.

New York on the brink

Byron York September 16, 2025 1:16 pm

In this May 28, 2020, file photo, a protester carries an American flag upside down, a sign of distress, next to a burning building in Minneapolis.

Vigils, not violence. Charlie Kirk supporters didn’t riot while grieving

Christopher Tremoglie September 16, 2025 10:03 am

The Sanctuary congregation was packed with young college kids from the University of Pittsburgh and Duquesne University.

The awakening few see coming

Salena Zito September 15, 2025 6:53 pm

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents escort a detained immigrant into an elevator after he exited an immigration courtroom, Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in New York.

Migrant crime and the Dallas beheading

Byron York September 15, 2025 4:21 pm

The late Fayette City Community Center

‘The black hole of Pennsylvania’

Timothy P. Carney September 15, 2025 2:00 pm

Charlie Kirk appears at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025 in Orem, Utah. Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, was speaking at his "American Comeback Tour" when he was shot in the neck and killed. (Photo by Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)

Charlie Kirk’s free speech, anti-violence legacy

Michael Barone September 12, 2025 4:19 pm

President Donald Trump (2L) tours US Steel - Irvin Works in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, May 30, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

What happens after Trump in steel and coal country?

Timothy P. Carney September 12, 2025 4:50 am

Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk is seen onstage at the Fiserv Forum during preparations for the Republican National Convention (RNC) on July 14, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Delegates, politicians, and the Republican faithful are arriving in Milwaukee for the annual convention, concluding with former President Donald Trump accepting his party's presidential nomination. The RNC takes place from July 15-18. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Reactions to the Charlie Kirk assassination reveal a nation on the brink

Dan Hannan September 12, 2025 4:22 am

Rockwell, a boy from Mount Holly Springs, Pennsylvania, visits the Flight 93 Memorial with his family on Sept. 11, 2025.

Yesterday’s heroes — and tomorrow’s

Timothy P. Carney September 11, 2025 3:34 pm

Former Vice President Kamala Harris delivers the keynote speech at the Emerge 20th Anniversary Gala in San Francisco, Wednesday, April 30, 2025.

As the world moves on, Bidenworld battles itself

Byron York September 11, 2025 12:57 pm

The American flag

On flag burning, the Right is working for the Left

Hugo Gurdon September 11, 2025 8:24 am