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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 speaks at a rally

Slumping Trump urged to revive MAGA rallies and fulfill 2024 promises

Paul Bedard November 17, 2025 1:14 pm

From left, American real estate developer Donald Trump and his girlfriend (and future wife), former model Melania Knauss, financier (and future convicted sex offender) Jeffrey Epstein, and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell pose together at the Mar-a-Lago club, Palm Beach, Florida, February 12, 2000.

They knew Epstein was guilty of trafficking underage girls. They stuck with him anyway. Except Trump

Byron York November 17, 2025 11:18 am

Donald Trump aboard Air Force One.

Jeffrey Epstein’s resentment toward Donald Trump

Byron York November 15, 2025 8:24 pm

President Donald Trump speaks to Washington Examiner columnist Salena Zito in the Oval Office.

Trump explains how Charlie Kirk’s murder changed his life

Salena Zito November 15, 2025 3:52 pm

President Donald Trump speaks to Washington Examiner columnist Salena Zito in the Oval Office.

Trump says he’s ‘working to make things less expensive’

Salena Zito November 14, 2025 2:51 pm

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

Don’t buy the nostalgia, Generation Z. Life is better than you think

David Harsanyi November 14, 2025 2:00 pm

Vice President JD Vance and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy walk to speak to reporters outside the White House on October 30, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Vance spoke following a roundtable discussion with members of the aviation industry and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on the impacts of the government shutdown. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Crunch time for Vance

Dominic Green November 14, 2025 4:55 am

Following the resignations of BBC Director General Tim Davie and CEO of news Deborah Turness and US President Donald Trump's threat of a lawsuit due to the editing of a BBC Panorama film about the US insurrection on the US Capitol, is an evening exterior of the BBC's Broadcasting House, on 10th November 2025, in London, England. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)

Trump vs. the BBC

Dan Hannan November 14, 2025 4:16 am

Gavin Newsom speaks during an election night press conference.

After road deaths, Trump administration moves to stop California from issuing commercial driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants

Byron York November 13, 2025 1:29 pm

Philadelphia skyline

After 40 years, Philadelphia to stop discriminating against white male business owners

Christopher Tremoglie November 13, 2025 11:49 am

Supporters of Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani cheer.

The threat of an overproduced elite

Michael Barone November 12, 2025 4:38 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.

Why Democrats are owning the affordability argument

Joe Concha November 12, 2025 8:00 am