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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

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, left, waves as he stands with his wife Melania Trump before speaking at a New York primary night campaign event, Tuesday, April 19, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Pollster: Trump regains mojo, GOP ‘elders’ can’t deny him anymore

Paul Bedard April 20, 2016 3:19 pm

Reporters group slams Obama’s ‘war on sources,’ presidential candidate bullying

Paul Bedard April 20, 2016 2:55 pm

Rep. Christopher Smith, R-N.J., a 17-term member with a long record on human rights, is eyeing legislation calling for sanctions on countries whose U.N. peacekeeping forces are involved in sex abuse of those they are protecting. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

U.N., French peacekeeping troops in huge rape scandal, U.S. eyes sanctions

Paul Bedard April 20, 2016 2:27 pm

Members of the media await the arrival of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to a New York primary night event Tuesday, April 19, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Trump: I heart Fox, CNN ‘impossible to watch, terrible haters’

Paul Bedard April 20, 2016 2:02 am

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton applauds former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, right, a supporter and anti-gun advocate. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Clinton to capitalize on Sandy Hook killings to win Connecticut

Paul Bedard April 19, 2016 9:02 pm

Screen grab of the vigilante shooter in the anti-Trump Mexican movie Desierto.

Mexican ‘exploitation movie’ suggests Trump will hunt, kill illegal border crossers

Paul Bedard April 19, 2016 8:36 pm

Obama’s open-door immigration policy blamed for surge in rural gang crime

Paul Bedard April 19, 2016 3:25 pm

Charge: FEC Dems would ban Drudge, NYT, free media on election eve

Paul Bedard April 18, 2016 11:42 pm

Last week, an appellate judge issued a scathing ruling in the IRS targeting scandal -- the one that broke into the news cycle all the way back in 2013. (AP Photo/Al Behrman, File)

White House rejects demand to boost IRS integrity

Paul Bedard April 18, 2016 10:42 pm

President Barack Obama appears to be going out on a polling high. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama’s rising approval ratings will help Democrats in fall

Paul Bedard April 18, 2016 10:02 pm

FBI confirmed return of "Forever Loyal Bandit" to Washington area. FBI photo

FBI: ‘Forever Loyal Bandit’ returns, hits 6th D.C. area bank

Paul Bedard April 18, 2016 6:33 pm

Mainstream Scream: Chuck Todd says GOP has ‘Death Wish’

Paul Bedard April 18, 2016 6:10 pm