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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

In this photo released by Acting Governor of the Kursk Region Alexander Khinshtein telegram channel on Saturday, May 31, 2025, a view of a fire at the territory of an agrofirm after Ukrainian drones struck near Rylsk in the western Kursk region of Russia.

Drones — the new war machines

Hugo Gurdon June 3, 2025 12:00 pm

Media covering transit forget that children exist

Timothy P. Carney June 2, 2025 1:32 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during a swearing in ceremony for interim U.S. Attorney General for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in The Oval Office of the White House in Washington.

How Trump led GOP from 2012 despair to 2024 triumph

Byron York June 2, 2025 10:39 am

Trump returns Pennsylvania steel to the backbone of America

Salena Zito May 31, 2025 9:44 am

Looking back on Musk and DOGE

Byron York May 31, 2025 8:51 am

President Joe Biden is accompanied by his son, Hunter Biden, and grandson, Beau Biden.

What Josh Shapiro learned from Original Sin and the Biden decline cover-up

Salena Zito May 30, 2025 11:30 am

Giving parents cash can help children — but not always

Timothy P. Carney May 30, 2025 5:05 am

A group of protesters.

The mass psychosis of Black Lives Matter

Dan Hannan May 29, 2025 11:05 pm

In this May 10, 2019, file photo, a container ship is unloaded at the Virginia International Gateway terminal in Norfolk. A Chinese state news agency said U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators promised to create “favorable conditions” for carrying out a truce in their governments’ tariff war during a phone call.

It’s about time courts stopped Trump’s illegal tariffs

David Harsanyi May 29, 2025 3:24 pm

Shapiro calls Trump US Steel deal a ‘BFD’

Salena Zito May 29, 2025 10:39 am

No, David French, we have no constitutional duty to subsidize Harvard

David Harsanyi May 28, 2025 4:22 pm

Elon Musk is seen in the Capitol after a meeting with Sen. John Thune (R-SD) while on Capitol Hill to talk about President-elect Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024.

Why Musk is so important

Byron York May 28, 2025 11:46 am