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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

The Sanctuary congregation was packed with young college kids from the University of Pittsburgh and Duquesne University.

The awakening few see coming

Salena Zito September 15, 2025 6:53 pm

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents escort a detained immigrant into an elevator after he exited an immigration courtroom, Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in New York.

Migrant crime and the Dallas beheading

Byron York September 15, 2025 4:21 pm

The late Fayette City Community Center

‘The black hole of Pennsylvania’

Timothy P. Carney September 15, 2025 2:00 pm

Charlie Kirk appears at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025 in Orem, Utah. Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, was speaking at his "American Comeback Tour" when he was shot in the neck and killed. (Photo by Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)

Charlie Kirk’s free speech, anti-violence legacy

Michael Barone September 12, 2025 4:19 pm

President Donald Trump (2L) tours US Steel - Irvin Works in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, May 30, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

What happens after Trump in steel and coal country?

Timothy P. Carney September 12, 2025 4:50 am

Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk is seen onstage at the Fiserv Forum during preparations for the Republican National Convention (RNC) on July 14, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Delegates, politicians, and the Republican faithful are arriving in Milwaukee for the annual convention, concluding with former President Donald Trump accepting his party's presidential nomination. The RNC takes place from July 15-18. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Reactions to the Charlie Kirk assassination reveal a nation on the brink

Dan Hannan September 12, 2025 4:22 am

Rockwell, a boy from Mount Holly Springs, Pennsylvania, visits the Flight 93 Memorial with his family on Sept. 11, 2025.

Yesterday’s heroes — and tomorrow’s

Timothy P. Carney September 11, 2025 3:34 pm

Former Vice President Kamala Harris delivers the keynote speech at the Emerge 20th Anniversary Gala in San Francisco, Wednesday, April 30, 2025.

As the world moves on, Bidenworld battles itself

Byron York September 11, 2025 12:57 pm

The American flag

On flag burning, the Right is working for the Left

Hugo Gurdon September 11, 2025 8:24 am

A group of protesters.

Recovering from the insanity of summer 2020

Michael Barone September 10, 2025 11:51 am

Whatley

Michael Whatley is running to restore North Carolina values

Salena Zito September 10, 2025 11:27 am

President Donald Trump speaks at a hearing of the Religious Liberty Commission at the Museum of the Bible, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, in Washington.

The grim news about jobs

Byron York September 9, 2025 7:14 pm