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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

A statue of George Washington stands in front of Federal Hall National Memorial.

On This Day: On his first day in New York, George Washington doesn’t waste any time

By Salena Zito April 14, 2026 11:30 am

Pope Leo XIV and President Donald Trump

Pope Leo can’t have it both ways

By Hugo Gurdon April 14, 2026 6:00 am

PNC Financial Services CEO William Demchak

PNC steps up for Pittsburgh’s NFL draft

By Salena Zito April 13, 2026 8:30 pm

JD Vance speaks during a news conference.

JD Vance’s hard road to 2028

By Byron York April 13, 2026 4:12 pm

Interior of the Jersey prisoner ship during the American Revolution (courtesy of Mount Vernon).

On This Day: Howe refuses to correspond with Washington over prisoner exchange

By Salena Zito April 13, 2026 10:03 am

Cristian Lopez-Gomez, Department of Homeland Security.

ICE arrests illegal immigrant accused of rape and kidnapping woman on Easter

By Christopher Tremoglie April 13, 2026 9:21 am

Sketch of Washington and his horse Charger as the general marches from Cambridge to New York (Photo courtesy of Mount Vernon.)

On This Day: The Continental Army gathers large crowds in their march towards New York

By Salena Zito April 10, 2026 1:52 pm

Members of the Iranian security forces stand guard under a large portrait of Iran's new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, during a memorial to mark the 40th day since his father, Ali Ayatollah Khamenei, was killed in US-Israeli joint strikes, on April 9, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. On April 8 President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran, conditional on shipping being allowed to resume through the Strait of Hormuz. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

Iran and the modern way of war

By Dominic Green April 10, 2026 6:06 am

ALBANY, TEXAS - MARCH 23: Stephen Acquario, executive director, New York State Association of Counties, left, joins Gov. Kathy Hochul or a roundtable discussion with local government leaders on housing development on Monday, March 23, 2026, at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Albany Times Union via Getty Images)

Democrats seek to punish voters fleeing their failed policies

By Guy Benson April 10, 2026 6:01 am

This illustration photo created in Los Angeles on April 9, 2026 shows a Lego-style AI-generated war-themed video playing on a smartphone screen in front of a photo of US President Donald Trump and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Shortly after news of a US-Iran ceasefire, an Iranian group released a new Lego-style video lampooning President Donald Trump and declaring "Iran won," the latest in a wave of war-themed AI-generated propaganda flooding the internet. Cartoonish video memes -- amplified by Iranian diplomatic missions and pro-Tehran accounts on social media -- are emerging as an effective tool in an intensifying information war, a phenomenon analysts have dubbed the "legofication" of war propaganda. (Photo by Chris DELMAS / AFP via Getty Images)

Can Trump survive after losing a war?

By Dan Hannan April 10, 2026 5:59 am

Gen. George Washington's aide-de-camp, William Palfrey, offers a glimpse into Washington's travels from Cambridge to New London, Connecticut via a perfectly preserved expense account that includes recorded payments for ferries and baggage handling, along with other associated costs of a journey from Cambridge to New York. (Photo courtesy Mount Vernon)

On This Day: Washington’s preserved expense account in travels from Cambridge to New London offers insights

By Salena Zito April 9, 2026 10:08 am

Hasan Piker (photo courtesy of AP)

Summer Lee faces sharp criticism from Pittsburgh Democrats for appearing with Hasan Piker

By Salena Zito April 8, 2026 5:27 pm