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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

For sale by owner sign is displayed in Northbrook, Illinois

People remain sour on an improving economy because of housing

Tiana Lowe Doescher February 19, 2026 2:00 pm

An uncredited painting from the collection of George Washington's Presidential Library at Mount Vernon depicting Washington looking on Boston in the winter of 1776.

On This Day: Bold assault on Boston quashed when gun powder supplies are cut in half

Salena Zito February 19, 2026 9:28 am

The Rev. Jesse Jackson listens to speakers at the Tabernacle Baptist Church during the 60th anniversary of the march to ensure that African Americans could exercise their constitutional right to vote, Sunday, March 9, 2025, in Selma, Ala. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

The canonization of Jesse Jackson

David Harsanyi February 18, 2026 4:10 pm

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026.

Marco Rubio: More than just the good cop

Michael Barone February 18, 2026 1:10 pm

"Interior of the old Jersey prison ship, in the Revolutionary War," engraved by Edward Bookhout, 1855. (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)

On This Day: Washington’s compassion toward prisoners of war is discreet but effective

Salena Zito February 18, 2026 12:16 pm

United States Undersecretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby.

NATO 3.0 is here, and that’s a good thing

Sean Durns February 18, 2026 9:50 am

Family members spending leisure time in their front yard. Grandfather playing ball with his son and grandchildren outside with kids and pet dog.

The point Rep. Randy Fine made so badly

Hugo Gurdon February 18, 2026 7:00 am

George Washington.

On This Day: Action feels imminent with Washington in Boston

Salena Zito February 17, 2026 2:04 pm

Demonstrators gather outside of the Edward A. Garmatz U.S. District Courthouse in Baltimore.

‘Doing nothing’ about Social Security means bankruptcy in four years and a 28% benefit cut

Tiana Lowe Doescher February 17, 2026 11:17 am

Paczki is a popular Polish-American tradition celebrated on Fat Tuesday.

How faith and community form around paczki

Salena Zito February 17, 2026 9:46 am

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Democrats go scorched earth on redistricting

Guy Benson February 17, 2026 8:34 am

Painting courtesy of the Library of Congress depicts the new militia from Connecticut arriving at Cambridge and Roxbury.

On This Day: Time is ticking in Boston for Washington

Salena Zito February 16, 2026 11:58 am