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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

Shark fins sell for nearly $500 a pound in San Francisco. AP Photo.

Court backs shark fin ban, undercuts Obama’s bid to drown law

Paul Bedard August 27, 2013 4:00 am

Labor Dept. freaks over MLK ‘Jobs March,’ advises day off, even without pay

Paul Bedard August 27, 2013 4:00 am

Mainstream Media Scream: Cokie Roberts on ‘evil’ voting rights moves

Paul Bedard August 26, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, speaks at a rally to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Media still segregated: White women lawmakers get twice coverage of blacks

Paul Bedard August 26, 2013 4:00 am

Howard Kurtz attends the "Knife Fight" Special Screening during the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival at the Borough of Manhattan Community College on April 25, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images)

Fox gives Howard Kurtz his own show, ‘MediaBuzz’

Paul Bedard August 26, 2013 4:00 am

Zogby Report Card: Obama plays it right with go-slow approach to Syria, Egypt

Paul Bedard August 24, 2013 4:00 am

Feds build citizen army to ‘attract and annihilate’ stink bugs; 100,000 found in a shed

Paul Bedard August 24, 2013 4:00 am

AP Photo

Hillary Clinton vs. Joe Biden in 2016 dubbed the ‘Geritol Generation,’ ‘fossils’

Paul Bedard August 23, 2013 4:00 am

Under Obama, black unemployment back to twice the white rate

Paul Bedard August 22, 2013 4:00 am

AK-47 magazine.

Obama: Assault weapon industry’s No. 1 customer, buys 600,000 AK-47 magazines

Paul Bedard August 22, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama's support among blacks, Hispanics, liberals, younger voters and Democrats over all has nosedived as his administration has struggled with the economy, a snooping scandal and muddled responses to Egypt and Syria. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Obama plummets among liberals, Hispanics, youth

Paul Bedard August 22, 2013 4:00 am

Vice President Joe Biden cozied up with a female biker during a Cruisers Diner in Seaman, Ohio during the reelection campaign last year. AP Photo.

Good news for Joe! Democrats like VP Biden

Paul Bedard August 21, 2013 4:00 am