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

Utility companies want to shift risks on struggling families

By 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

Salena Zito Apr 24, 2026

Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA).

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

Salena Zito Apr 24, 2026

"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

Dan Hannan Apr 24, 2026

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

Timothy P. Carney Apr 24, 2026

David L. Holmberg, chief executive officer of Highmark Health and chairman of the board of Highmark Inc.

Highmark CEO’s pledge to leave Pittsburgh better off than when he arrived

By Salena Zito April 17, 2026 10:10 am

New York Harbor, a bustling port (photo courtesy of Mount Vernon)

On This Day: George Washington has a problem: New Yorkers are trading with the enemy

By Salena Zito April 17, 2026 9:21 am

US President Donald Trump holds an Apple Inc. iPhone during an executive order signing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, May 23, 2025. Trump on Friday signed orders meant to accelerate the construction of nuclear power plants, including small, untested designs that offer the promise of rapid deployment but have yet to be built in the US.

Donald Trump is losing his mind

By Dan Hannan April 17, 2026 8:30 am

Yemen's Houthi security soldiers stand next to a billboard depicting the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump, during a demonstration staged to show solidarity with Iran on April 3, 2026 in Sana'a, Yemen. Yemen's Iran-backed armed Houthi group has warned they will move to shutter the Bab Al-Mandeb Strait through missile-drone attacks if Gulf nations join the US-Israel war on Iran. (Photo by Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)

Let’s review the red lines Iran is still rejecting

By Guy Benson April 17, 2026 5:55 am

Christian Religion concept background. card design template.

The Catholic Great Awakening

By Timothy P. Carney April 17, 2026 5:52 am

This Mount Vernon produced map shows the region around New York City that became the focal point of the American Revolution during the summer and fall of 1776.

On This Day: Tensions are high as British invasion is imminent in New York

By Salena Zito April 16, 2026 11:04 am

Pope Leo, Donal Trump, pro-Iranian protesters

Iran just sentenced four protesters to death. Why hasn’t Pope Leo criticized Iran?

By Christopher Tremoglie April 16, 2026 9:59 am

Vance sits with Orban in a meeting

How Hungary matters

By Michael Barone April 15, 2026 11:59 am

"Prospect Von Quebec" by Christoph Heinrich Korn, 1776.

On This Day: Despite pending British attack on New York, George Washington sends troops to Canada

By Salena Zito April 15, 2026 11:15 am

Pro-Trump protesters demonstrate on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington

Trump as Jesus

By Timothy P. Carney April 14, 2026 1:52 pm

Salena Zito's eighth grade graduating class at Nativity of Our Lord Catholic School.

The emotional displacement of losing a part of your community

By Salena Zito April 14, 2026 12:43 pm

Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner.

Graham Platner sinks to new low with latest Nazi tattoo spin

By Guy Benson April 14, 2026 12:32 pm