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April 29, 2026
Hospitals and Insurers Are Getting Rich Off Medical Fraud By Stephen Moore
Polls show Americans are angry -- and rightly so -- at accelerating medical bills. Meanwhile, the insurers and hospitals keep raking in record profits.
April 28, 2026
Colleges Are Making Political Violence Worse By Daniel McCarthy
The ranks of would-be presidential assassins are a cavalcade of losers, yet the latest shooter who set out to murder Donald Trump -- the man who opened fire at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Sunday -- turns out to have an elite educational background.
April 24, 2026
All Redistricting Reformers Are Hypocrites By Michael Barone
Hypocrisy was triumphant, as it usually is in arguments over redistricting, in Virginia this week, as voters approved a "fairness" constitutional amendment allowing the Democratic-majority legislature to enact a congressional districting plan that is expected to increase Democrats' edge in its congressional delegation from 6-5 to 10-1. This is a state that former Vice President Kamala Harris carried over then-candidate Donald Trump by a 52% to 46% margin.
April 22, 2026
Voters Approving Virginia Democratic Gerrymander Puts Democrats on Cusp of 218 House Seats in Ratings, but Questions Remain By Kyle Kondik
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— Virginia voters on Tuesday evening approved a new Democratic U.S. House gerrymander.
— As a result, we are moving four House ratings in favor of Democrats.
— The new Virginia map is not completely set, though, as the Supreme Court of Virginia could still revert to the old map if it finds that Virginia Democrats did not follow proper procedure in presenting this constitutional amendment to voters.
April 22, 2026
Vance-Rubio: A Republican Ticket Built for 2028 By Brian C. Joondeph, M.D.
With the 2024 election decided, the political conversation has already moved on: what comes next? For Republicans, that question increasingly centers on J. D. Vance.
April 22, 2026
The Triumph of Economic Freedom? By John Stossel
Prices rise. People blame capitalism.
April 21, 2026
Immigration Amnesty by Any Other Name By Daniel McCarthy
"Dignity" is just another word for "amnesty" in an ill-conceived law now being pushed by a Miami-area Republican congresswoman.
April 21, 2026
Lawyers Sue for Higher Prices By Stephen Moore
You aren't going to believe the latest lawsuit fad in America: suing companies as monopolistic for cutting prices to consumers. In legal mumbo jumbo, this is called "predatory pricing" -- keeping prices lower than charged by competitors. The idea is to keep prices so low that rival firms can't compete. Quick, throw Walmart, Home Depot and McDonald's in jail.
April 17, 2026
How Hungary Matters By Michael Barone
What's the big deal about Hungary? It's a central European country with 9.5 million people -- slightly less in population and area than the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. But it's been the subject of more care, attention and debate in America than any other country in Europe or the Western Hemisphere.
April 16, 2026
The Places We’re Watching as Virginia Votes on a Pro-Democratic House Map By J. Miles Coleman
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— Next week, Virginians will decide whether or not to scrap their current House map, where Democrats have a 6-5 advantage, in favor of one where Democrats could win up to 10 seats.
— The state Supreme Court will consider the legality of the ballot measure after the vote is held next week; Republicans are hoping that, if the measure passes, it is invalidated by the court.
— While the result may not be the type of sweeping affirmation that Democrats got in last year’s elections, it would still be a surprise if the vote fails.
— Last year’s attorney general contest may provide a template for the results, with key localities such as Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, and Stafford County standing out as places the “no” side will want to carry in order to spring an upset.
— If the voters approve the map, we would rate 4 seats that are currently held by Republicans as at least Leans Democratic.
— Aside from the Virginia vote, where Democrats stand to gain, there are a couple of shoes left to drop in the 2026 mid-decade redistricting saga that could benefit Republicans.
April 15, 2026
Little Kids, Big Government By John Stossel
Child care got expensive -- more than $13,000 per child, per year.
April 15, 2026
Presidential Downballot Losses: An Updated History and a Look Ahead to Trump’s Second Term By Louis Jacobson
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— Since World War II, presidents have consistently presided over losses for their party in downballot offices—in the Senate, the House, governorships, and state legislatures. This is an indication of “thermostatic” public opinion, in which a decisive fraction of the electorate becomes disenchanted with the party in power and punishes them in down-ballot contests.
— President Joe Biden lost ground in the Senate, the House, and in state legislative seats. But unusually among postwar presidents, Biden escaped losses in governorships and state legislative chamber majorities controlled. In addition, Biden’s losses in the other three downballot categories were more modest than the postwar average.
— Biden’s pattern of modest down-ballot losses echoes the record of Donald Trump during his first term—setbacks, but muted ones. One possible reason: Intensifying partisan polarization, which has made voters less likely than in the past to consider voting for the other party, effectively dampening the potential for large downballot pendulum swings against the president’s party.
— Trump hasn’t faced a midterm election in his second term yet, but he has already experienced one gubernatorial flip and many flipped state legislative seats.
April 14, 2026
Pope vs. President Is a Fight Everyone Loses By Daniel McCarthy
President Trump and Pope Leo are in a war of words right now -- when they should be allies, not enemies.
April 14, 2026
Prices Controls Will Deny Millions of Americans Credit Cards By Stephen Moore
There's a famous scene in the movie "The Graduate" in which a young Dustin Hoffman receives this one-word bit of career advice from a businessman: "plastics."
April 8, 2026
Show Me the Money -- The Trump Tax Cuts Benefit the Middle Class By Stephen Moore
Democrats keep attacking President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 as a tax cut for the rich. But the data show that the average family gained roughly $2,000 on their lower tax bill for this year. Every Democrat in Congress voted no, even as they complain of a "middle-class affordability crisis." Maybe that's because to rich and famous limousine liberal Democrats, $2,000 is peanuts. But not for the rest of us.
April 7, 2026
Virginia: A New Extreme in Gerrymandering By Daniel McCarthy
This year's midterm elections aren't just about who wins in November; they're about who wins fights over gerrymandering taking place right now.
April 3, 2026
The Sudden Political Star of Trump II: Marco Rubio By Michael Barone
"White House deploys Marco Rubio to clarify messaging about Iran conflict." So reads the headline on the front page of the Washington Examiner's website in the early hours of April 1, the third month of U.S. military operations against Iran, which have been taking place since Feb. 28.
April 2, 2026
Iran: From Imminent Threat to ‘No Threat at All’ By Brian C. Joondeph, M.D.
First, it was an imminent threat. Now it’s no threat at all.
