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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 with reporters.

Donald Trump: Energy in the executive

Michael Barone October 1, 2025 3:41 pm

Des Moines schools Superintendent Ian Roberts.

Ian Roberts’s time in Erie under scrutiny

Salena Zito September 30, 2025 5:22 pm

A woman clutches a U.S. flag as she and applicants from 20 countries prepare to take the oath of citizenship in commemoration of Independence Day during a Naturalization Ceremony in San Antonio, Thursday, July 3, 2025.

Thoughts on becoming an American this morning

Hugo Gurdon September 30, 2025 2:12 pm

Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts.

Iowa’s stunning, embarrassing immigration mess

Byron York September 30, 2025 2:00 pm

James Comey speaks at an event.

A brief example of James Comey’s dishonesty

Byron York September 28, 2025 6:13 pm

A University of Pittsburgh student is baptized at Pitt for Purpose.

We are not OK, but there is hope

Salena Zito September 26, 2025 5:16 pm

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr speaks in New York City, Sept. 22, 2025.

You either believe in free speech, or you don’t

David Harsanyi September 26, 2025 2:00 pm

President Donald Trump, center, and First Lady Melania Trump, upper right, walk up the escalator after it stalled as he rode up to the General Assembly Hall, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

Escalator and escalation

Dominic Green September 26, 2025 5:20 am

Pile of duvets, sleeping bags, blankets and cardboard, used by homeless people on the pavement while people pass by on the Strand on 28th January 2025 in London, United Kingdom. The scene is illustrative of the social disparity in the UK with some people who live in relative wealth in comparison to others. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)

All 50 states are now richer than Britain

Dan Hannan September 26, 2025 5:15 am

Attendees pray during an "American Comeback Tour" stop hosted by Turning Point USA in Burruss Hall at Virgina Tech university in Blacksburg, Virginia, on September 24, 2025. The event is being held two weeks after the killing of right-wing activist and co-founder of Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk during an "American Comeback Tour" stop in Orem, Utah on September 10. (Photo by Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP) (Photo by ALEX WROBLEWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

After Charlie Kirk, a Great Awakening?

Timothy P. Carney September 26, 2025 5:05 am

Gemeinsam fuer Deutschland Far-Right Demo in Munich.

The violent resistance to enforcing immigration law

Byron York September 25, 2025 6:33 pm

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum speaking at the annual Shale Insights convention in this northwest county of Pennsylvania on the state of energy and the policies President Donald Trump has put in place to unleash the country's potential and reaffirm national security.

Burgum hails Pennsylvania as energy powerhouse at Shale Insight Conference

Salena Zito September 25, 2025 9:57 am