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Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA).

All redistricting reformers are hypocrites

Michael Barone · October 21, 2026 10:53 am

James Carville poses for a portrait at the 27th SCAD Savannah Film Festival on October 31, 2024 in Savannah, Georgia. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for SCAD)

James Carville goes full radical

Reenactors at Mount Vernon in 2019. (Photo courtesy of Mount Vernon.)

On This Day: Washington fears a ‘great deficiency’ in weapons

Power transmission towers line a street in Redondo Beach, California.

Utility companies want to shift risks on struggling families

Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA).

Steelers, civic leaders, and Gov. Josh Shapiro break records and pull off flawless Day 1 of NFL Draft

Trump — and the GOP — can do a lot to fight crime in DC

Byron York August 8, 2025 10:50 am

Brian Ballard, president of Ballard Partners Inc., stands for a photograph in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. Ballard, the Florida fundraiser often sought out by Republican presidential candidates, was best known in Tallahassee until election night 2016. When the state was called for Trump, Ballard's cellphone lit up with clients looking for a guide into the new administration. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Swamp undrained: Trump-cozy lobbying firm sets K Street revenue record

Timothy P. Carney August 8, 2025 4:40 am

Former Columbia University graduate student and Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil walks to a meeting in the Russell Senate Office Building on July 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Who is Mahmoud Khalil?

Dominic Green August 8, 2025 4:30 am

Analise Ortiz is the latest Democrat who’s a threat to democracy

Christopher Tremoglie August 7, 2025 12:12 pm

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's choice to be the secretary of Health and Human Services, arrives to testify before the Senate Finance Committee during his confirmation hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025.

RFK Jr.’s war on vaccines and public health continues

David Harsanyi August 6, 2025 7:37 pm

Can Jon Stewart be the 2028 Democratic nominee? Given the competition, why not?

Joe Concha August 6, 2025 8:00 am

Emmanuel Macron is a Hamas accomplice

Hugh Hewitt August 6, 2025 6:00 am

Learning from America’s immigrant past

Michael Barone August 5, 2025 1:58 pm

On the Democratic protests in Texas and Nebraska

Byron York August 5, 2025 11:56 am

After decades of decline, Rust Belt celebrates its renewal

Salena Zito August 4, 2025 1:17 pm

Don’t be distracted — focus on what Hillary Clinton did

Byron York August 3, 2025 10:17 pm

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, at a National Action Network event in Washington.

The many reasons Kamala Harris is never running for public office again

Joe Concha August 1, 2025 2:00 pm