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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

Mainstream Media Scream: Colbert lectures Cruz on Reagan

Paul Bedard September 28, 2015 6:52 pm

In this photo made Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015, Ailu Xu, a graduate student from China, posts a sign directing Chinese students to a new student orientation meeting at the University of Texas at Dallas in Richardson, Texas. The U.S. Census Bureau research shows immigrants from China and India, many with student or work visas, have overtaken Mexicans as the largest groups coming into the U.S. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Pew: 88% U.S. growth to come from immigrant families

Paul Bedard September 28, 2015 3:02 pm

Republican presidential candidate, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Carson: Freeze federal spending, hiring for 4 years to balance budget

Paul Bedard September 28, 2015 2:05 pm

Gingrich leads new GOP expansion effort focused on Indian-Americans

Paul Bedard September 28, 2015 12:49 pm

Los Angeles activist Ted Hayes stands with a scale model of a slave ship, in which thousands of slaves were brought to North America, during a rally to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March On Washington, at Los Angeles City Hall Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Progressive Chomsky calls for reparations to blacks, Native Americans, Iraq

Paul Bedard September 26, 2015 3:01 pm

President Barack Obama leans over to talk to Pope Francis during a state arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Zogby report card: The Pope’s glow shines on Obama

Paul Bedard September 26, 2015 11:00 am

Actor Dean Cain smiles for a photo in front of the Columbia/Tri-Star building on the Sony lot. Cain is best known for his four seasons as the comic book hero on the ABC-TV series "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman." (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

TV’s ‘Superman’ to star as detective in movie about abortionist Gosnell

Paul Bedard September 26, 2015 9:32 am

President Barack Obama and China's President Hu Jintao toast during a State Dinner in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011. Classier wines were served at that dinner than the one Friday night. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama serves screw top wine at China State Dinner

Paul Bedard September 25, 2015 9:56 pm

The ad references a $1 million fine that Trump had to pay for using illegal immigrants to build Trump Tower. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)

Sabato: Trump, Carson, Fiorina won’t win, warns ‘GOP will be RIP’

Paul Bedard September 25, 2015 1:30 pm

Guatemalan special forces descend from an U.N. aircraft upon arrival to La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City, Wednesday, March 11, 2015. One hundred and fifty soldiers returned to their country after serving eleven months as U.N. peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Europe cuts U.N. peacekeeping forces 75%, urged to pony up

Paul Bedard September 25, 2015 12:55 pm

Syrian refugees wrapped with a thermal blanket sleep at the port of Mitylene on the northeast Greek island of Lesbos while waiting to get on board a ferry traveling to Athens.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

U.S. has more immigrants than 48 Latin, European nations combined

Paul Bedard September 24, 2015 10:29 pm

Club for Growth rips Trump as a liberal taxer

Paul Bedard September 24, 2015 4:53 pm