The conservative icon visited Madison on multiple occasions and the movement he built can still be seen on campus.

The Trump Administration recently announced it was withdrawing the U.S. from the United Nations Framework on Climate Change Convention, the agreement underpinning the international effort to slow the climate crisis.

Both for Wisconsin and U.S., the data looks much different than he claims.

Team politics, the way we are practicing them in the United States, have become about vengeance, cruelty and control. They should be about the kind of country we want to live in, about how our laws are enforced, and about how our judicial system exercises its power.

Bipartisan congressional pressures may eventually limit President Donald Trump’s overseas adventures, though he vows otherwise.

A recent news story in the Wall Street Journal built on some Fox Valley examples to make a point many Badger state residents already know: Compared to many places, Wisconsin is an affordable place to live with jobs that can pay enough to enhance its livability.

Barnes blasts broadcast blackout in much of state and Tiffany’s stand.

Preface to Richard Moore’s new book, “The Rise of Bureaucratic Bossism.”

Engage your adversaries with verve and class.

The almost shocking news about GOP Senators taking a stand for the independence of the Federal Reserve and its chair underscores how meek and mild they have acted in relation to Trump on a bevy of critical issues.

Somehow, as we head into 2026, we keep stumbling along that road that’s supposed to make America great again.

This is not about becoming punitive, xenophobic or paranoid. It is about acting like adults. If we want to oppose authoritarianism, we have to stop behaving like a monoculture that mistakes loyalty for virtue and criticism for betrayal.

In contrast to the chaos coming out of the White House week after week, good news keeps popping up in the West Bend community.

Will governor’s last State of the State speech call out Robin Vos?

MISO has just announced the winners of two regional transmission projects being built in Wisconsin. In a turn of events that will surprise few, Wisconsin’s transmission company, ATC, was not selected for either project.

In Wisconsin, agrivoltaics is gaining traction as a solution to balance energy needs with agricultural productivity.

Wisconsin cannot afford a regulatory system that operates on autopilot without meaningful oversight. We must reinforce a system of checks and balances.

This touches all of us. And it won’t go away unless we get to the root of the problem — the unAmerican national security directives, the insane ICE budget, the lack of accountability — what Vice President JD Vance, astoundingly, asserted was “total immunity” for the rogue, masked agents targeting people in a political crackdown that has nothing to do with keeping us safe.

U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly, an Illinois Democrat, announced she would file articles of impeachment against the Homeland Security secretary.

Madison politics reporters discuss their perspectives on WORT-FM’s “A Public Affair.”