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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

Maj. Gen. Charles Lee

On This Day: Washington orders Lee to defend New York

Salena Zito January 8, 2026 11:03 am

Connecticut Gov. Jonathan Trumbull.

On This Day: Washington asks Connecticut to help defend New York

Salena Zito January 7, 2026 11:23 am

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

Mamdani’s incendiary socialist sparkler

Hugo Gurdon January 7, 2026 10:01 am

Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA) at Eos Energy Enterprises, a manufacturer of zinc-powered energy storage, which sources 92% of its supply chain from the U.S., discussing the possibilities of how tariffs help American manufacturers.

Pennsylvania manufacturers continue to support Trump’s tariffs

Salena Zito January 6, 2026 3:32 pm

Special counsel Jack Smith arrives to speak about an indictment of former President Donald Trump.

Jack Smith reveals Jan. 6 committee charade

Byron York January 6, 2026 1:09 pm

John Adams

On This Day: Adams advises Washington on the defense of New York

Salena Zito January 6, 2026 9:15 am

Sens. Dave McCormick (R-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA) give thumbs up while posing for a photo.

Dave McCormick pens inaugural letter to Pennsylvania voters

Salena Zito January 5, 2026 3:58 pm

The Noble Train of Artillery by Tom Lovell

On This Day: Col. Henry Knox

Salena Zito January 5, 2026 1:15 pm

Trump and Rubio.

Venezuela: It all depends on the meaning of the word ‘run’

Byron York January 5, 2026 12:37 am

The Tory Act

On This Day: The Tory Act

Salena Zito January 2, 2026 4:12 pm

A man holding a smartphone with toxic online messages representing cyberbullying, digital harassment, and social media abuse in modern internet culture.

Time must have a slop

Dominic Green January 1, 2026 11:00 pm

Commuters in Westminster with the Elizabeth Tower, also known as Big Ben, and Houses of Parliament in the background in London, UK, on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. The UK's Labour government passed a workers' rights package that expands protections for employees and achieves a key policy goal of the party's left. Photographer: Jose Sarmento Matos/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Britain has become a warning to Americans

Dan Hannan January 1, 2026 5:35 pm