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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

Rob Crilly · October 22, 2026 12:05 pm

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

President Donald Trump boards Marine One, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, as White House press secretary Katie Zacharia and White House aide Natalie Harp watch.

White House report card: It’s starting to look like a return to first-term chaos

Trump starting on a high of support better than 2016

Paul Bedard December 2, 2024 11:52 am

Harvard shocker: Voters ‘abandoning’ the Democratic Party

Paul Bedard November 28, 2024 9:52 am

Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested an illegal migrant during a targeted enforcement operation aimed at immigration fugitives, reentrants and at-large criminal aliens in Los Angeles.

Illegal migrant crime cost $166.5 billion, three times the price of deportation

Paul Bedard November 27, 2024 10:14 am

FILE - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at a news conference in Dallas on June 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

FEC opens case sparked by fraud claims against ActBlue

Paul Bedard November 26, 2024 4:11 pm

Firm fined for beagle abuse due to staff shortfall got $11 million in PPP funds

Paul Bedard November 26, 2024 11:06 am

Biden exits at all-time low, Trump in with highest approval

Paul Bedard November 26, 2024 8:08 am

Liberal Media Scream: Axios founder rants ‘Elon Musk is bulls**it’

Paul Bedard November 25, 2024 2:02 pm

‘Elite’ media concede they are out of touch, beg forgiveness

Paul Bedard November 25, 2024 12:15 pm

White House Report Card: Biden sleepwalking into war, Trump taking care of business

Paul Bedard November 23, 2024 11:24 am

John Kerry praises Trump’s unpredictability as a ‘virtue’

Paul Bedard November 22, 2024 1:59 pm

Second Amendment advocates urge Trump to leash ATF, pick pro-gun director

Paul Bedard November 21, 2024 3:20 pm

Most say Trump will win Cabinet war, GOP ecstatic with picks

Paul Bedard November 21, 2024 2:45 pm