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President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance attend a ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on National Veterans Day Observance at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026.

Trump lays out his lame-duck agenda, and it sounds familiar

Rob Crilly · November 12, 2026 11:40 am

Stephen Miller and Hogan Gidley.

Trump 45 alumni get behind a new name for press secretary

Incoming White House chief of staff Stephen Miller sits in the presidential limo known as "the beast."

Stephen Miller’s first job: End the White House blood feuds

Vice President JD Vance speaks during a National Veterans' Small Business Week event, Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, at JPMorgan Chase in Washington.

MAGA insiders believe Vance WILL run, but aren’t sure if he SHOULD run

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

First lady Nancy Reagan watches as President Reagan is sworn in during his second inauguration in January 1985 in the Rotunda beneath the Capitol dome in Washington. Reagan, forced indoors by a record inaugural freeze, re-enacted his oath-taking. Ron Edmonds/AP

DC deep freeze to equal 1985’s low when Reagan Inauguration cancelled

Paul Bedard January 6, 2014 5:00 am

Obama plays 160th round of golf

Paul Bedard January 5, 2014 5:00 am

Zogby Report Card: Even the weather looks brighter for Obama

Paul Bedard January 4, 2014 5:00 am

A new PPP poll finds that most want Washington to keep the Redskins name. Injured quarterback Robert Griffin III is also among the most popular in the league. AP Photo

NFL poll: Dallas most hated, Broncos most loved

Paul Bedard January 4, 2014 5:00 am

New Corsi book says Hitler lived in Argentina — and U.S. knew

Paul Bedard January 3, 2014 5:00 am

Among first lady Michelle Obama's initiatives are her veggie garden on the South Lawn and her kid-centered "Let's Move!" project. AP Photo

Poll says Michelle Obama more ‘activist’ than voters want

Paul Bedard January 2, 2014 5:00 am

70 new anti-abortion laws OK’d in 22 states, second-most ever

Paul Bedard January 2, 2014 5:00 am

States rush to protect electric grids from EMP carnage

Paul Bedard January 2, 2014 5:00 am

Gun poll: 7 in 10 feel safer in an armed neighborhood

Paul Bedard January 2, 2014 5:00 am

Jail survey: 7 in 10 felons register as Democrats

Paul Bedard January 1, 2014 5:00 am

Retired Gen. Wesley Clark, right, introduces Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton at a campaign stop at the Waco Convention Center in Waco, Texas, in this 2008 AP photo.

Pitch: $20.16 for ‘President Hillary’

Paul Bedard December 31, 2013 5:00 am

NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre. AP Photo

NRA braces for new fight as Michael Bloomberg returns to his anti-gun group

Paul Bedard December 31, 2013 5:00 am