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White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles steps off Marine One as President Donald Trump, foreground left, walks to board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Friday, Oct. 30, 2026.

The inside story of Trump’s election night fury and Susie Wiles’s frantic battle to survive

Rob Crilly · November 6, 2026 5:09 pm

A hat with the word 'VETO' on it sits on the Resolute Desk as President Donald Trump speaks after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, in Washington.

White House report card: Election marked rejection of Trump as a man, a policymaker, a commander in chief

A Kalshi chart is displayed on a Fox News election broadcast during an election night event with Ken Paxton, Texas attorney general and Republican US Senate candidate, not pictured, in Dallas, Texas, US, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. Millions of Americans are casting ballots for the US midterm elections in races that will determine local issues as well as control of Congress, with all 435 seats of the House of Representatives and roughly a third in the Senate being contested.

The key to Kalshi’s election night success — and how a trader won more than $350,000

Political pundit Chris Cillizza and journalist Laura Trevelyan were providing an update to viewers at the Decision Desk HQ party when Kalshi called the South Carolina race for Annie Andrews, drawing gasps from the audience at Pubkey in Washington, DC.

Four parties and a funeral: How Kalshi and a duck owned election night in DC

Winston Churchill and John F. Kennedy.

From foreign policy to afternoon naps: New book reveals how Churchill made JFK

Turning Point USA stared down COVID and won, donations, influence up

Paul Bedard July 11, 2022 12:36 pm

Slidin’ Biden: Approval falls below 30%

Paul Bedard July 10, 2022 6:55 pm

White House Report Card: Biden stuck in neutral

Paul Bedard July 9, 2022 1:27 pm

Joe’s low: Biden approval falls below Trump’s worst point

Paul Bedard July 8, 2022 4:52 pm

Stephen Miller: Biden hiding ‘extreme woke Marxist agenda’

Paul Bedard July 8, 2022 2:12 pm

Arizona attorney general seeks ‘invasion’ status to tackle illegal immigration

Paul Bedard July 7, 2022 6:07 pm

Half expect cheating will undermine fall elections

Paul Bedard July 7, 2022 2:41 pm

New York Times label of Mayra Flores as ‘far-right Latina’ draws GOP fire

Paul Bedard July 6, 2022 6:18 pm

Lowest ‘confidence’ in presidency ever recorded: Gallup

Paul Bedard July 6, 2022 12:35 pm

Historic: 88% say US on ‘wrong track,’ Biden not helping

Paul Bedard July 5, 2022 7:49 pm

Fauci cancels $1.8 million drug testing on beagle puppies

Paul Bedard July 5, 2022 6:25 pm

Gun sales pass 1 million for 35th consecutive month

Paul Bedard July 5, 2022 2:48 pm