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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

Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., center, talks at the news conference after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June. 17, 2025, in Washington.

Why Democrats are embracing arrest porn to protect criminal illegal immigrants

Joe Concha June 21, 2025 2:00 pm

Biden’s power grab hands Trump a steel company

Timothy P. Carney June 20, 2025 2:00 pm

The great MAGA split

Dominic Green June 20, 2025 5:57 am

The Social Security Administration is still ignoring the baby bust

Timothy P. Carney June 20, 2025 5:55 am

We should all be thanking Israel

Dan Hannan June 20, 2025 4:00 am

President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to board Air Force One at Calgary International Airport, Monday, June 16, 2025, in Calgary, Canada, on his way back to Washington.

Trump’s decision

Byron York June 19, 2025 4:10 pm

The Israeli Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept missiles during an Iranian attack over Tel Aviv, Israel, early Wednesday, June 18, 2025.

The ‘regime change’ fallacy

David Harsanyi June 19, 2025 2:00 pm

Supporters wave Iranian flags.

Fast-changing events making, or remaking, history

Michael Barone June 18, 2025 2:28 pm

The 10 worst predictions after Trump’s first campaign launch

Joe Concha June 18, 2025 2:00 pm

A decade ago, the start of the Trump era

Byron York June 17, 2025 3:48 pm

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei arrives to vote for the parliamentary runoff elections, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, May 10, 2024.

The only talks with Iran should be about its capitulation

Hugo Gurdon June 17, 2025 2:14 pm

Mourners carry the flag-draped coffins of five men, whose names were not immediately available, reportedly killed in Israeli strikes, during their funeral in the city of Khorramabad, Iran, Monday, June 16, 2025.

Iran is nothing like the Iraq War

David Harsanyi June 16, 2025 3:28 pm