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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

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., looks over his notes before speaking with reporters.

The changing history of the shutdown

Byron York November 11, 2025 9:10 pm

Democratic lawmakers government shutdown collage.

From ‘leverage’ to lies, Democrats were always responsible for shutdown suffering

Christopher Tremoglie November 11, 2025 7:00 pm

Dave McCormick, the Republican nominee for Senate in Pennsylvania, delivers remarks.

McCormick offers New Yorkers a compelling reason to head west to Pennsylvania

Salena Zito November 11, 2025 1:06 pm

The British Broadcasting Corporation's sign on its offices at White City in London.

BBC bias, Donald Trump, and Nigel Farage

Hugo Gurdon November 11, 2025 6:00 am

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) speaks with reporters at the Capitol Subway.

Fetterman on shutdown: ‘This was a failure’

Salena Zito November 10, 2025 3:55 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) heads to a meeting with reporters.

Why did Democrats fight so long — before caving?

Byron York November 10, 2025 3:23 pm

Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate, former Rep. Abigail Spanberger Abigail Spanberger arrives on stage to deliver remarks at her election night watch party at the Greater Richmond Convention Center on November 04, 2025 in Richmond, Virginia. Spanberger defeated Republican gubernatorial candidate Lieutenant Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears to become the first female governor in the commonwealth’s history in an election that was seen as a national political bellwether leading into the midterms. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Democrats’ ‘immunity by insanity’ carries Virginia

Timothy P. Carney November 7, 2025 4:46 am

Nick Fuentes, the leader of a Christian based extremist white nationalist group speaks to his followers, 'the Groypers.' in Washington D.C. on November 14, 2020 (Photo by Zach D Roberts/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Nick Fuentes is a portent of where conservatism is heading

Dan Hannan November 7, 2025 4:43 am

Danny Ceisler talks at an event in Bucks County, PA.

How Bucks County Democrats won in critical Pennsylvania county

Salena Zito November 6, 2025 4:49 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during an event about drug prices.

Fighting the government-closing Democratic filibuster

Byron York November 6, 2025 1:52 pm

This combination of photos taken on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, shows Abigail Spanberger in Richmond, Va., left, Zohran Mamdani in New York, center, and Mikie Sherrill in East Brunswick, N.J. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, Yuki Iwamura and Matt Rourke)

Why Tuesday’s election win for Democrats really wasn’t that big a deal or unexpected

Christopher Tremoglie November 6, 2025 12:54 pm

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks during an election event.

Mamdani rips off his smiling mask

Hugo Gurdon November 5, 2025 3:16 pm