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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

President Donald Trump is surrounded by Secret Service agents after an assassination attempt at a campaign rally.

Why are so many K-12 educators prone to violent rhetoric?

Salena Zito January 19, 2026 2:31 pm

Michael Cohen and Donald Trump

Michael Cohen flips — again

Byron York January 18, 2026 9:48 am

General George Washington meeting with the councils of war at his headquarters.

On This Day: Washington convenes a council of war

Salena Zito January 16, 2026 4:36 pm

Members of the Future Farmers of America, holding their dairyman milkshakes.

Pennsylvania dairy farmers celebrate the Whole Milk Act

Salena Zito January 16, 2026 8:32 am

Supporters of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gather on Capitol Hill following her meeting with lawmakers on January 15, 2026 in Washington, DC. Machado has called for Democratic Unitary Platform candidate Edmundo González, who is widely considered to be the winner of the 2024 election, to assume the presidency of Venezuela following the January 03, 2026 capture and arrest of Nicolas Maduro by the United States military. (Photo by Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images)

Trump’s move against Maduro is wildly popular among Latin Americans, including Venezuelans

Guy Benson January 16, 2026 5:30 am

US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. Trump is traveling to Michigan after his administration floated a slew of ideas it says will build on last year's efforts to rein in inflation and lower gas prices. Photographer: Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Trump’s sordid pardon economy

Timothy P. Carney January 16, 2026 5:23 am

The Danish coat of arms and Greenland's coat of arms are seen at the Danish Embassy in Washington, DC, ahead of a news conference with Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen and Greenland's Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt on January 14, 2026. Denmark and Greenland's top diplomats held high-stakes talks at the White House on Wednesday, with President Donald Trump warning it was "vital" for the United States to take control of the Arctic island. (Photo by Oliver Contreras / AFP via Getty Images)

The Western alliance is broken beyond repair

Dan Hannan January 16, 2026 5:05 am

Democratic Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison holds up a letter from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi at a news conference.

Minnesota: Federal law shouldn’t apply to us

Byron York January 15, 2026 4:15 pm

On This Day: Washington writes Founding Father Joseph Reed for advice

Salena Zito January 15, 2026 12:15 pm

Protesters confront law enforcement agents at the scene of a shooting in Minneapolis.

What’s the matter with Minnesota?

Michael Barone January 14, 2026 2:44 pm

Eos Energy Enterprises plant in Turtle Creek PA.

Eos Energy announces a breakthrough in battery energy storage

Salena Zito January 14, 2026 6:00 am

A 2016 photo released by the office of late Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei shows him with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Iranian protesters expose the leftist-Islamist alliance

Hugo Gurdon January 14, 2026 6:00 am