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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

Voting rights reform demonstrators stage a sit-in at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, April 11, 2016, urging lawmakers to take money out of the political process. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Expert: Unions fund Democrats with dues from illegal immigrants

Paul Bedard April 13, 2016 4:16 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin is breaking fundraising records. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ryan breaks fundraising record, $23 million since becoming speaker

Paul Bedard April 13, 2016 2:55 pm

Millions of blue crabs have been found in the Chesapeake Bay, proof they are on the rebound. Photo/Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Surprise: Chesapeake Bay blue crab population restored

Paul Bedard April 12, 2016 10:31 pm

Thirty-seven states cut their emissions between 2000-13, according to an analysis of state-level carbon emissions by theÂ Energy Information Administration, the independent analysis arm of the Department of Energy. (AP Photo)

Regulation nation: Obama busts Bush’s record and still has 10 months left

Paul Bedard April 12, 2016 10:28 pm

The Easton Home in Easton, Pa. Nursing homes and assisted living facilities are increasingly using sight, sound and other sensory cues to stimulate memory in people with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Frailty Index: Elderly in need forgotten by family, friends, caregivers

Paul Bedard April 12, 2016 10:12 pm

Donald Trump spoke to the NRA convention in Nashville, Tenn., last year.

Only Trump has agreed to speak at NRA’s 145th Annual Convention

Paul Bedard April 12, 2016 8:20 pm

Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, right, speaks to the scholarship recipients of the Telmex Foundation during the annual Mexico XXI Century event in Mexico City, Friday, Sept. 5, 2014. At left is Javier Olivan, Facebook's VP of Growth and Analytics. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Zuckpocricy: Facebook boss bought neighbors’ homes to keep them away

Paul Bedard April 12, 2016 7:58 pm

This Nov. 27, 2013, photo, shows caregiver Warren Manchess recording information as Paul Gregoline sits in his favorite chair, in Noblesville, Ind. Home care agencies have shown a willingness to hire older people new to the field who have found a tough job market as they try to supplement their retirement income.(AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

American Dread: 55% won’t have enough money to retire

Paul Bedard April 12, 2016 2:02 pm

Presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., talks with Michelle Obama at the end of the Iowa Democratic Party's Jefferson Jackson Dinner, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Author: Michelle O ‘looks down her nose’ at Clintons, ‘do anything for power’

Paul Bedard April 12, 2016 12:45 pm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gives a thumbs up after a rally at the Times Union Center on Monday, April 11, 2016, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Poll: Trump just 2 points behind Clinton, wins most Cruz voters

Paul Bedard April 12, 2016 12:06 pm

David Foley, center, looks as a handgun while shopping at the Spring Guns and Ammo store in Spring, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Gun industry’s economic impact soars 158%, jobs, wages up, record taxes paid

Paul Bedard April 12, 2016 11:18 am

Phyllis Schlafly, a delegate from Alton, Ill., at the 1992 GOP convention. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma)

Conservative icon Schlafly fights ouster from her group over Trump endorsement

Paul Bedard April 11, 2016 10:31 pm