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Beltway Confidential

What I learned as I suffered through a viral case of mistaken identity

Ben Smith · January 15, 2017 12:00 am

WATCH: U2’s Bono says Trump threat to ‘American Dream’

Ben Smith · September 25, 2016 9:35 pm

Energy and Environment

Gary Johnson eyes interplanetary civilization as solution to climate change

Ben Smith · September 25, 2016 4:24 pm

In June 2001, Trump sold the 45th floor of his Trump Tower to the Saudi royal family for $4.5 million according to documents obtained by the New York Daily News. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Does Trump have a Saudi real estate problem?

Ben Smith · September 4, 2016 4:25 pm

The polling group notes that "Clinton could win South Carolina this year if her campaign chooses to contest the state." (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Poll: Clinton within striking distance of Trump in South Carolina

Ben Smith · August 24, 2016 3:51 am

Several top GOP lawmakers and politicos called on North Carolina State Attorney General Roy Cooper, D, to resign. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

NC Republicans flay state AG on voter ID: ‘Time for him to resign’

Ben Smith · August 19, 2016 3:35 am

Hillary Clinton is topping Donald Trump by 12 points in Virginia in a new poll. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Poll shows Hillary Clinton running away with Virginia

Ben Smith · August 7, 2016 3:57 pm

The Israeli team tried to board a bus to the opening ceremonies, when the Lebanese delegation tried to physically block them, sources say. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Lebanese Olympic athletes refuse to share bus with Israelis

Ben Smith · August 6, 2016 10:21 pm

Rep. Scott Rigell, R-Va., says he plans on voting Libertarian over his own party's nominee, Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Retiring GOP Rep. says he will vote for Johnson

Ben Smith · August 6, 2016 8:23 pm

Without the two third-party candidates, Hillary Clinton gets 41 percent while Donald Trump stands at 35 percent, with 25 percent wanting another choice. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Third parties make Trump-Clinton a dead heat

Ben Smith · July 30, 2016 2:28 am

"I like Donald Trump because he speaks from the heart," Malik Obama say. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Obama’s half-brother jumps on the Trump train

Ben Smith · July 24, 2016 6:06 pm

Fallout continues for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz after his controversial decision not to endorse Donald Trump. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)

Top Cruz donors rebuke him over failure to endorse Trump

Ben Smith · July 23, 2016 11:41 pm