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President Donald Trump greets Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy at a campaign rally at the Shoemaker Center at Ohio University Chillicothe in Chillicothe, Ohio, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026.

White House report card: Ohio poll shows Acton gained 10 points in wake of Ramaswamy ad debacle

Rob Crilly · October 30, 2026 11:36 am

Butterworth's facade (main image Scott Suchman for The Washington Post via Getty Images); inset images from the Foie Grass night

Butterworth’s thumbs its nose at DC’s proposed foie gras ban

President Donald Trump dances at a campaign rally at Lubbock Memorial Civic Center, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026, in Lubbock, Texas.

Trump can’t resist roasting his affordability pitch with $5,000 burger joke

MAGA broadcaster John Fredericks holds a press conference with the D.C. Republican Party.

Yes, there are Republicans in DC. And they’re mad about taxes

Former President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally for Democratic Ohio Senate candidate Sherrod Brown, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026, in Cleveland.

Obama’s Cheesecake Factory zinger misses the point again

Begrudging WaPo poll: Trump 46%, Clinton 44%

Paul Bedard May 22, 2016 12:11 pm

Hillary Clinton appears with Karlheinz Koegel, center, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, second from left, U.S. billionaire Haim Saban, left, and former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Brundtland, holding the German Media Prize she was awarded in Baden-Baden, southern Germany, in this Feb. 13, 2005, file photo. (AP Photo/Winfried Rothermel, File)

Univision chair gives $7 million to help Clinton, stop Trump’s wall

Paul Bedard May 21, 2016 4:57 pm

Growing support for Trump-Gingrich ticket

Paul Bedard May 21, 2016 12:46 pm

President Barack Obama inside his armored SUV as his motorcade makes his way back to Washington after playing golf at Andrews Air Force Base Friday following a shooting at the White House. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama weekly report card: Polls strong, but some see ‘America’s best days gone forever’

Paul Bedard May 21, 2016 11:18 am

National Rifle Association members cheer during the NRA convention, Friday, May 20, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Sessions: Obama ‘has gone on strike’

Paul Bedard May 20, 2016 8:22 pm

(AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

Trump: ‘Gonna win so much people will say we can’t take it anymore’

Paul Bedard May 20, 2016 6:56 pm

National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative Action executive director Chris W. Cox. (AP Photo/Steve Ueckert)

NRA: ‘This is a do or die election’

Paul Bedard May 20, 2016 6:46 pm

Donald Trump speaks at the National Rifle Association convention Friday, April 10, 2015, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

On Trump’s return, NRA pledges to spend ‘significantly more’ to defeat Clinton

Paul Bedard May 20, 2016 3:24 pm

Last U.S. combat flag from Vietnam War to be auctioned

Paul Bedard May 20, 2016 12:23 pm

In this Wednesday, May 20, 2015 photo, contractors walk past a capacitor bank at an AEP electrical transmission substation in Westerville, Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Feds: EMP hit on electric grid threatens national security

Paul Bedard May 19, 2016 1:26 pm

Poll: Trump 42%, Clinton 37%, blacks uninspired, gender gap favors GOP

Paul Bedard May 19, 2016 12:35 pm

(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

25% of all immigrants in U.S. are Mexican, 12 million

Paul Bedard May 18, 2016 2:25 pm