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Gov. Josh Shapiro at a campaign rally in Beaver, Pennsylvania.

Josh Shapiro promises restraint as Democrats eye a Pennsylvania sweep

Salena Zito · October 27, 2026 3:08 pm

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

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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

Vance gives Marines a boost with visit to Quantico

Salena Zito March 28, 2025 12:02 pm

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We are living through a vertiginous anti-woke revolution

Dan Hannan March 28, 2025 8:53 am

Pennsylvania female athletes deserve better than state senator

Salena Zito March 27, 2025 9:13 pm

For team Trump, power means money and fame

Timothy P. Carney March 26, 2025 11:25 pm

Journalist, columnist, and blogger Ezra Klein speaks about former President Barack Obama's signature health care law at the Families USA 19th Annual Health Action Conference in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014.

Abundance versus “everything bagel” liberalism

Michael Barone March 26, 2025 4:50 pm

Making women’s sports fair again

Hugo Gurdon March 26, 2025 12:12 pm

Republican Pennsylvania state Rep. Greg Rothman attends a hearing of the Pennsylvania State Senate Majority Policy Committee, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania GOP gets egg on its face in special election

Salena Zito March 26, 2025 10:55 am

What we know about the Signal mess

Byron York March 25, 2025 11:24 pm

McCormick calms Pennsylvania university’s fears over research cuts

Salena Zito March 25, 2025 7:46 pm

Homer City Generating Station, Pennsylvania's largest coal-fired power plant, closed in July 2023.

The end of an era in Homer City

Salena Zito March 25, 2025 11:18 am

Will Trump’s Department of Education strategy actually cut the bureaucracy?

Byron York March 24, 2025 1:56 pm

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer walks near the Senate chamber, as the Senate works to avert a partial government shutdown ahead of the midnight deadline, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

The centrists are losing the Democratic Party’s civil war

Joe Concha March 22, 2025 2:00 pm