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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

School classroom with desks and chalkboard in Chinese high school

On education, Mississippi shows the way

Michael Barone May 14, 2025 1:54 pm

The Supreme Court Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in Washington.

Supreme Court tackles gender conversion therapy

Hugo Gurdon May 14, 2025 8:00 am

Parkland survivor and activist David Hogg speaks to the crowd during in the second March for Our Lives rally in support of gun control on Saturday, June 11, 2022, in Washington. The rally is a successor to the 2018 march organized by student protestors after the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Democrats quash democracy (again) with David ‘Attention’ Hogg ouster

Joe Concha May 13, 2025 1:54 pm

Mike Rogers is ready to run again

Salena Zito May 12, 2025 5:44 pm

Vice President JD Vance arrives to speak with Wolfgang Ischinger at the Munich Leaders Meeting, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

‘JD Vance will be the nominee in 2028 — mark my words’

Byron York May 12, 2025 5:05 pm

Joe Biden denies everything

Byron York May 9, 2025 10:03 pm

Sins of omission

Salena Zito May 9, 2025 11:32 am

The meme coin-operated White House

Timothy P. Carney May 9, 2025 5:50 am

One cheer for the UK trade agreement

Dan Hannan May 8, 2025 11:40 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks to demonstrators during a May Day rally outside City Hall in Philadelphia, Thursday, May 1, 2025.

Bernie Sanders: Ride private jets? I do it for the people

Byron York May 8, 2025 3:36 pm

Sens. Dave McCormick (R-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA) at Fetterman's home in Braddock, Pennsylvania, in February.

Fetterman’s real sickness for the Left? Israel-itis

Salena Zito May 7, 2025 5:45 pm

British Home Department Secretary Yvette Cooper (third from left) chairs a meeting of European ministers and agencies on Dec. 10 in London.

European elites destroy democracy in order to save it

Michael Barone May 7, 2025 4:07 pm