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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

Rob Crilly · October 26, 2026 11:22 am

Iowa House candidate Joe Mitchell greets President Donald Trump during a campaign rally at the Sioux Gateway Airport, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026, in Sioux City, Iowa.

White House report card: Rallies, grievances and rising oil prices

Vice President JD Vance speaks as Andrew Ferguson, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, listens during a news conference on the Fraud Task Force inside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, in Washington.

Why you will be hearing a lot more about fraud before Election Day

Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, speaks during a news conference with Abdul el Sayed, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, in Detroit.

Polling’s dirty little secret

Vice President JD Vance arrives to speak at a midterm campaign rally at Hyder Warehouse in Hendersonville, North Carolina, Monday, Oct. 19, 2026.

2028 shadow dance is finally coming to an end. But does anybody actually want to tango?

Muslim population in the U.S. has soared to 3.3 million, and is likely to double by 2050, according to new Pew Research Center projections. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Muslim nation: 3.3M in U.S., 10% of all immigrants, 8.1M by 2050

Paul Bedard January 7, 2016 8:31 pm

Mark Levin: Attacks on Cruz’s U.S. citizenship are ‘stupid’ times 13

Paul Bedard January 7, 2016 8:08 pm

Jameson Young, 4, left, plays with a smart phone as his brother Nolan, 3, looks on at their home, in Boston, Monday, Jan. 27, 2014. Pew reports that parents are watching over the shoulders of their kids. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Dad’s watching: Half of parents spy on kids’ phone calls, texts, Facebook friends

Paul Bedard January 7, 2016 7:35 pm

Clinton era product czar calls for online ammo ban, bullet background checks

Paul Bedard January 7, 2016 3:13 pm

In this June 3, 2015, image taken from video, a hallway is shown in the old Meriwether County jail in Greenville, Ga. The jail, southwest of Atlanta, fell into disrepair after it closed in the mid-1980s. The 119-year-old relic of narrow, aged hallways and small, worn prison cells is being renovated into a home and museum. (AP Photo/Alex Sanz)

Obama readies $2M army of pardon lawyers for last minute jail break

Paul Bedard January 7, 2016 2:53 pm

Huckabee offers Obamacare shooting targets

Paul Bedard January 6, 2016 9:55 pm

Obama eyes 6 military bases to house surge of illegal immigrants

Obama eyes 6 military bases to house surge of illegal immigrants

Paul Bedard January 6, 2016 6:28 pm

America at night by NASA.

Expert: North Korea’s H-bomb is ‘Super-EMP’ weapon

Paul Bedard January 6, 2016 6:01 pm

President Barack Obama is seen on the screen as he delivers his inaugural address over a packed National Mall in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

‘Bible’ of American politics saved, expanded for 2016

Paul Bedard January 6, 2016 4:47 pm

Social Security: Surge of children named Mohammed up 10,000%

Social Security: Surge of children named Mohammed up 10,000%

Paul Bedard January 5, 2016 8:18 pm

Chris Cox, executive director of the Institute for Legislative Action, the political and lobbying arm of the National Rifle Association, ripped President Obama's latest gun control bid. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

NRA slaps Obama’s ‘condescending lectures,’ pledges war on gun control

Paul Bedard January 5, 2016 7:22 pm

President Barack Obama wipes away tears from his eyes as he recalled the 20 first-graders killed in 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School, while speaking in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016, about steps his administration is taking to reduce gun violence. Also on stage are stakeholders, and individuals whose lives have been impacted by the gun violence. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama: More gun control coming ‘tomorrow…the day after that’

Paul Bedard January 5, 2016 6:26 pm