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Power transmission towers line a street in Redondo Beach, California.

Utility companies want to shift risks on struggling families

Todd Snitchler · July 22, 2026 9:00 am

Reenactors at Mount Vernon in 2019. (Photo courtesy of Mount Vernon.)

On This Day: Washington fears a ‘great deficiency’ in weapons

Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA).

Steelers, civic leaders, and Gov. Josh Shapiro break records and pull off flawless Day 1 of NFL Draft

"The embroidered Queenaas Crown badge and the Union Jack flag, the flag of the United Kingdom whom Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will have reigned over, along with the British Commonwealth, for 60 years from February 6th 1952 to February 2012."

When Charles III meets King Donald

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump kisses a "Women for Trump" placard during a rally at the Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in Lakeland, Florida on October 12, 2016. / AFP / Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump to corporate America: Kiss my a**, please

Boston Harbor by Franz Xaver Habermann circa 1776 (courtesy John Carter Brown library)

On This Day: 11,000 British troops evacuate Boston, Washington fears a ruse

Salena Zito March 17, 2026 10:12 am

Rep. Summer Lee arrives for Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro's Inauguration

Why Summer Lee isn’t delivering for Pittsburgh

Salena Zito March 17, 2026 9:49 am

Screenshot of New York Times comments section

Paul Ehrlich won the debate: Just read the comments

Timothy P. Carney March 16, 2026 3:56 pm

President Donald Trump.

Why is there still uncertainty about Iran war aims?

Byron York March 16, 2026 3:21 pm

Both Gen. George Washington and British Gen. William Howell plans for Howe retreating from Boston are delayed because of severe weather. (Photo courtesy Mount Vernon.)

On This Day: Severe weather gripping the East halts Washington’s plans

Salena Zito March 16, 2026 11:30 am

George Washington.

On This Day: Washington rightly fears the Brits will use smallpox as a chemical weapon

Salena Zito March 13, 2026 1:41 pm

A woman holds posters of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, right, the successor to his late father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, as supreme leader, during a rally in Tehran, Iran.

CNN is ‘amplifying’ the Iranian regime: Joe Concha

Sydney Topf March 13, 2026 12:23 pm

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer reacts during a visit to Peacehaven Mosque near Brighton in southern England, on October 23, 2025.

The main losers from Britain’s ‘Islamophobia’ code? Muslims

Dan Hannan March 13, 2026 8:40 am

Gavin Newsom & Israel.

California’s trains to nowhere

Guy Benson March 13, 2026 8:00 am

The debate over assisted suicide isn't really about death; it's about the meaning of dignity.

Canada’s suicide pact is a warning for Americans

Guy Benson March 13, 2026 7:19 am

College education

The conservative case for college

Timothy P. Carney March 13, 2026 7:12 am

Chuck Schumer Senate Democrats.

Democrats finally identify some ‘wasteful’ spending they oppose

Guy Benson March 12, 2026 11:44 am