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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

Rob Crilly · October 23, 2026 11:45 am

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, N.C., Monday, Oct. 19, 2026.

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

White House staff members from left, White House aide Natalie Harp, Walt Nauta, personal aide to President Trump, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, and White House press secretary Katie Zacharia, right, walk to board Air Force One, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md.

Trump aides fire back at press over Zacharia firing as they seek to limit damage

Gun deaths down 30%

Paul Bedard October 23, 2015 12:38 pm

DEA agents tied to sex parties, prostitutes rewarded $95,000 in bonuses

Paul Bedard October 22, 2015 6:59 pm

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham pounds her fist as she testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013. She is testifying again today.Â (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Poll: Half the nation doesn’t believe Clinton’s Benghazi story

Paul Bedard October 22, 2015 1:36 pm

The casket is moved for the recessional at the conclusion of a funeral service for Ben Bradlee, former managing editor and executive editor of The Washington Post, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014, at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

D.C. says stone tomb for WaPo’s Ben Bradlee built without required permits

Paul Bedard October 22, 2015 1:02 pm

Washington Post building stripped of its name

Paul Bedard October 21, 2015 6:41 pm

Expensive health insurance plans face a 40 percent tax if Congress doesn't act on bipartisan repeal plans. (AP Photo/Rebecca Vassie)

House ‘chaos’ stalls Obamacare reform, repeal

Paul Bedard October 21, 2015 5:23 pm

(AP Photo/LM Otero, file)

Dems, GOP want MORE money in politics, FEC commish agrees

Paul Bedard October 21, 2015 3:04 pm

Houston’s push for transgender rights morphs into religious liberty fight

Paul Bedard October 21, 2015 1:50 pm

Whitey Bulger, the alleged mobster who has become one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives. Bulger disappeared just after his Jan. 1995 indictment on charges that he plotted with the Mafia to split up gambling and drug profits throughout New England. (AP Photo)

Mobster Bulger: ‘We need a hitman in the White House’

Paul Bedard October 21, 2015 12:50 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama awards former Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee with the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Bradlee died Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014, according to the Washington Post. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Ben Bradlee’s burial in ‘grandiose’ tomb threatened

Paul Bedard October 20, 2015 8:36 pm

Biden: ‘I think you should turn right’ Obama: ‘No, I’m going left’

Biden: ‘I think you should turn right’ Obama: ‘No, I’m going left’

Paul Bedard October 20, 2015 5:11 pm

President Donald Trump's week was a wild one, impeachment and major policy wins.

Poll: Trump beats Hillary Clinton 38%-36%

Paul Bedard October 20, 2015 2:37 pm