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Tucker Carlson, the conservative former cable TV news pundit, recently traveled to Moscow to interview Russian dictator Vladimir Putin for his Tucker Carlson Network, known as TCN. The two-hour interview itself proved dull. Even Putin found Carlson’s soft questioning “disappointing.” Very little from the interview was newsworthy. Other videos Carlson...

As the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country to its west passes and the latest aid package for Ukraine stalls in Congress, we must be clear-eyed about the future: There is no path for Ukraine to win this war. American support will not change this reality. Two...

Ten years into Russia’s long war against Ukraine, far too many Americans are falling prey to a destructive idea. They needlessly believe that Ukraine’s defeat is unavoidable. These Americans have lost their bearings. Defeat is never inevitable so long as a nation is willing to fight. George Washington proved this...

Anyone familiar with national security knows that Japan is an important mutual defense treaty ally to our country. And anyone familiar with Pittsburgh and Allegheny County knows how important the steel industry has been to this region. Just over two months ago, we witnessed these two worlds coming together —...

In the aftermath of “from the river to the sea” anti-Israel protests on many college campuses and in the streets comes a perfectly timed book by Johns Hopkins University professor Benjamin Ginsberg titled “The New American Anti-Semitism: The Left, The Right, and the Jews.” Ginsberg is especially hard on progressives...

As lawmakers consider Gov. Josh Shapiro’s timely proposal to tax and regulate skill games, they would be wise to follow the blueprint of one the nation’s most successful state gaming industries — and they won’t have to travel far to find it. Over the last 20 years, Pennsylvania has emerged...

Polls have shown since at least November that a clear majority of Americans support a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. The most recent data, from research by ISPU and Data for Progress, is stark: • 63% of the general public support a permanent ceasefire against only 16% opposed. • 78% of...

When I woke up on the morning of Jan. 28, 2022, I was prepared for our city to be the focus of the nation with a visit from the president of the United States. But just weeks into my administration as mayor, we were met with one of our biggest...

Supervising inmates is no easy task. It’s easy to feel outnumbered and vulnerable. To do our jobs as corrections officers well, we have to trust that our colleagues will be there when we need backup. Together, we’re stronger. Likewise, for years, we trusted our union to have our backs and...

Consider the situation of Charles — a young Black man who showed up at HOPE 4 Youth, a drop-in center for youth facing homelessness in suburban Minneapolis. His grandmother, who he was staying with, had given him until the end of the month to find a new place. His name...

From the Duchess of Sussex and actress Meghan Markle to former Harvard President Claudine Gay to Vice President Kamala Harris, Black women have been the target of severe attacks in recent months. The most recent example (and there have indeed been many as of late) are the distasteful comments made...

In Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget address, he took credit for feeding kids in Pennsylvania. One line specifically caught my attention: “Pennsylvania Democrats and Republicans care about kids, and we are coming together to feed them.” But that’s not true. There isn’t a single additional kid who will be fed in...

The post-covid economy is emerging as Americans’ pandemic-era savings dwindle, while work-from-home activity moderates and new patterns of consumer behavior come to the fore. As households and banks consolidate finances, a few quarters of U.S. GDP growth in the range of 1% should be followed by a rebound and then...

Eleven years ago today, my mother died. You may have seen our story on the news: my son Levi stabbed her while she was eating breakfast because he believed the Archangel Michael told him that, “it’s time to kill the witch.” You may have wondered why we hadn’t gotten his...

An outre, as in curious, thing has happened in conjunction with all the happy talk that Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) is rebounding just fine, thank you, from the covid-19 pandemic: No data have been released to support the contention that taxpayer-subsidized international flights have boosted the local economy, says Jake...

America’s oil and natural gas producers are innovating to produce more oil and gas than ever while generating less emissions and bringing reliable, affordable energy to Americans and our global allies. In its latest short-term energy outlook, the Energy Information Administration estimated that U.S. crude oil production reached “an all-time...

America is producing more oil and gas than any nation at any point in history, and it’s an accomplishment that fails to give U.S. families energy security or lower prices. At the same time, U.S. exports of oil and gas have surpassed every other country on earth, enriching oil and...

Nearly 56 years ago, President Lyndon Johnson, in a nationally televised address, shocked the country with a straightforward 20-word declaration: “I shall not seek and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president.” Elected in a landslide — 61% to 38%, 486 electoral...

Several hundred members of the United Steelworkers (USW) operate U.S. Steel’s Irvin Plant, producing flat-rolled sheet for the GE refrigerators, ovens and other appliances that keep American households running. USW members at other U.S. Steel locations across the country make tin for food cans, pipe for natural gas distribution systems...

The 2023 numbers are in: Plug-in electric vehicles (EVs) contributed to 9.1% of light-duty vehicle sales in the U.S., up from 6.8% in 2022. This means more than 3 million EVs were on roadways across the nation last year — with over a third of those bought in 2023 alone...

I have always felt highly fortunate to grow up in the 1960s with the inspiration of the intense and ultimately successful effort of my country to land a person on the moon by the end of the decade. The Gemini and Apollo programs inspired me and many others of the...

Melanie Ramos was only 15 years old when she died of a suspected overdose in a high school bathroom in Hollywood. Police reported that she and a friend had purchased pills they thought were prescription painkillers but which were likely fakes containing fentanyl, a potent opioid incorporated into counterfeit pills...

PARIS — Former President Donald Trump just suggested that he’d use Russian President Vladimir Putin as a shakedown artist against allies in a sort of protection racket. Those criticizing the remarks, and even Trump himself, may be surprised to learn that this is already effectively happening. Speaking at a campaign...

Nikki Haley titled her 2022 book after the late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s assertion, “If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.” She’s made a point of projecting that Iron Lady toughness in the 2024 race, from her Reaganesque foreign policy...

“Americans are far too pessimistic about the future,” declared CNN’s Fareed Zakaria in an op-ed published last month. Zakaria focused on economics, arguing that a “profound sense of despair” among many Americans (“around three-quarters of those polled”) does not match up with positive stats — 5.2% growth in the third...