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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

Industrial policy for K Street

Timothy P. Carney April 25, 2025 5:12 am

Trump is singlehandedly destroying global conservatism

Dan Hannan April 25, 2025 12:25 am

Flags wave at the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, Tuesday, July 12, 2011, as temperatures climbed into the upper 90s in the Washington area.

Machiavelli in America

Dominic Green April 25, 2025 12:05 am

Hegseth turns to his mission to reshape the military

Salena Zito April 23, 2025 6:28 pm

President Donald Trump could expand his tariff negotiating strategy to Arab nations if they continue to resist his demands to resettle Palestinian refugees ahead of the Gaza cleanup effort, according to Trump's national security adviser, Mike Waltz.

Reality has a vote, in politics as in entertainment

Michael Barone April 23, 2025 2:16 pm

The markets and nervous Trump supporters

Byron York April 22, 2025 8:48 pm

Cardinals, including U.S. Roger Mahony, left, and Timothy Dolan, third from left, arrive for a meeting at the Vatican, Monday March 11, 2013. Cardinals have gathered for their final day of talks before the conclave to elect the next pope amid debate over whether the Catholic Church needs a manager pope to clean up the Vatican's messy bureaucracy or a pastoral pope who can inspire the faithful and make Catholicism relevant again. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

My fellow Catholics: Don’t read this article about the papal election

Timothy P. Carney April 22, 2025 5:04 pm

Harvard’s billions are a privilege, not an entitlement

Hugo Gurdon April 22, 2025 2:45 pm

The essential mystery of the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case

Byron York April 21, 2025 6:09 pm

The markets won’t let Trump fire Jerome Powell

Tiana Lowe Doescher April 21, 2025 4:08 pm

American manufacturer welcomes level playing field against China

Salena Zito April 21, 2025 3:45 pm

For Democrats, how to frame the Abrego Garcia case?

Byron York April 18, 2025 9:16 pm