The Briefing
- Republican congressional candidate Joe Mitchell, 29, presented President Trump with a gold-framed "Man of the Century" certificate he designed himself, at Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City, Iowa, on October 22, 2026.
- The gesture landed one day after Trump expressed fresh frustration about the Nobel Peace Prize at a rally in Clemson, South Carolina — the 2026 prize had gone to South African jurist and former UN human rights chief Navanethem "Navi" Pillay.
- Mitchell faces Democrat Lindsay James in Iowa's 2nd Congressional District on November 3, in a race Cook Political Report now rates as "Lean Republican" — a step more competitive than its earlier designation.