President Donald Trump has mistakenly added three years to the age of a top supporter he has called “elderly.” Trump, 79, mixed up the age of the disgraced Colorado official Tina Peters, 70, who is in prison for illegally granting a MAGA crony access to a voting system as they tried to overturn the 2020 election results.

President Trump, whose loss of the House halfway through his first term led to two impeachments, is trying to keep history from repeating — and doing so in ways his opponents say are intended to manipulate next year's election landscape.

The president faces the inevitable waning of power in a second term, but he also will begin the year with an erosion in political support.

Washington Examiner’s investigations editor Sarah Bedford said President Donald Trump has delivered on his campaign promises ahead of the 2026 elections, which could motivate Trump supporters ahead of a tough election cycle.

Trump will keep telling his 2020 election lie, even if that radicalizes his supporters. Or, maybe, that's the real motive.

A newly released deposition shows Jack Smith defending his investigations into Trump, saying the then former president caused and exploited the Capitol riot and failed to stop the violence.

"When the retaliation reached Republican Congressman Lauren Boebert's district, even she took issue with it,” noted Kyle Clark

A few presidents have pulled off what Trump is trying to do in the 2026 midterms. None had much in common with Trump or his party.

Trump has increased tariffs on a wide variety of products in his second term and has touted the revenues he says they are generating.

The Trafalgar Group, which is classed as "center-right" by Media Bias Fact Check, has Trump’s approval rating at 50.2 percent (46.7 percent strongly approve and 3.5 percent approve) over a 44.6 percent disapproval rating, according to its latest survey carried out among 1,098 likely general election voters between December 26 and 27.