# The National Desk: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-10-28, The National Desk has 846,000 subscribers, 889,716,925 total views, and 40,840 videos. It ranks #88,328 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [The National Desk](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/). Each video links to its own stats page. The page lists the rest of the channel's videos to signed-in vidIQ users.

## About this sample

- The latest upload vidIQ has for The National Desk is “Vance rallies for GOP candidates in North Carolina”, a long-form video published Oct 28, 2026.
- These are The National Desk’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Oct 27, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026 (26 long-form videos and 22 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 3,597. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “In the name of ELECTION FRAUD? President Trump's aggressive action” (40,048 views, Oct 27, 2026). Least viewed: “AI Can Make Politicians Say ANYTHING — How Can Voters Tell What's Real?” (503 views, Oct 28, 2026).
- Median length: 7:01 for 26 long-form videos; 1:13 for 22 Shorts.
- In this sample, The National Desk’s consecutive uploads were a median of 0 days apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 0 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Oct 29, 2026, so newer uploads have had less time to collect them. These figures describe only the videos listed here, not the whole channel, and do not show why any video performed as it did. Dates are UTC.

## Recent uploads

| Video | Published (UTC) | Format | Views | Duration | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Vance rallies for GOP candidates in North Carolina](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/KRyPm_dNT3k/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 1,011 | 16:14 | - |
| [Fed Holds Rates Steady? Steve Moore Warns Inflation Is Still Too High](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/VYOqm1z6r6E/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 1,440 | 4:54 | 2.44x |
| [How Did a Revolutionary War Movie Help Heal a Real-Life Family Rift?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/EXd7J_W0TYs/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 568 | 5:19 | - |
| [AI Can Make Politicians Say ANYTHING — How Can Voters Tell What's Real?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/VVt5FVtXIS4/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 503 | 3:55 | - |
| [Midterm madness intensifies: One week to election day](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/221Gj0s8YkA/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 6,799 | 1:58:45 | - |
| [5 KILLED in alleged narcoterrorist boat STRIKE in eastern Pacific \| U.S. Military releases video](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/tjDJrT_KzCs/) | 2026-10-28 | Short | 566 | 1:01 | - |
| [FOOTBALL STARS join Trump \| President holds rallies to support Ken Paxton](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/MSJNnPabzjE/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 3,297 | 3:48 | 1.61x |
| [Nearly 75% of deceased former NFL players had CTE, new study estimates](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/xQDNRNXJ4qI/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 2,598 | 4:34 | 1.91x |
| [For KING + COUNTRY’s New Film Helped Heal a Real-Life Rift Between Brothers](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/BhJhWDYjwU8/) | 2026-10-28 | Short | 1,179 | 0:59 | - |
| [‘TALAFREAKO’: Trump slams Talarico for having favorite DRAG QUEEN, transgender beliefs](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/R8I5QAHVoL8/) | 2026-10-28 | Short | 1,202 | 2:38 | - |
| [Trump MOCKS Talarico for having favorite DRAG QUEEN & pushing transgender beliefs on children](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/4j5VuYdq9tI/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 2,739 | 5:13 | 2.05x |
| [President Trump lays out what’s AT STAKE if Democrats take control of Congress](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/YOZ3iV3IRH4/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 9,889 | 2:59:45 | - |
| [Trump questions Ilhan Omar’s name and repeats an allegation that she married her BROTHER.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/sajVF_-9BFA/) | 2026-10-28 | Short | 2,555 | 1:40 | - |
| [Trump: 'Let's make Venezuela 51st state'](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/CV0vn7mHQ8g/) | 2026-10-28 | Short | 3,900 | 0:28 | - |
| [Trump throws 'TRUMP WAS RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING' hats into Texas midterm rally crowd](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/2_L4lY1kBDg/) | 2026-10-28 | Short | 6,812 | 0:23 | 1.46x |
| [Jon Husted 'WORKING OUT' ahead of Trump's Ohio visit](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/Tyo2XbVrZrE/) | 2026-10-28 | Short | 7,300 | 0:14 | 1.94x |
| [DEFEATED BRAZILIAN CANDIDATE LEAVES \| Flávio Bolsonaro and family to get US visas](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/iWFsThF14iU/) | 2026-10-28 | Short | 4,291 | 0:17 | 1.38x |
| [Trump on Netanyahu: 'I heard that he did pretty well'](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/0igpLGFk2IY/) | 2026-10-28 | Short | 8,787 | 0:23 | 2.93x |
| [Trump gaggles with reporters after campaigning in Texas](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/PDCyG3vIisU/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 3,896 | 8:43 | 2.69x |
| [Trump admin continues to push election fraud crackdown](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/HALgFqFwMBc/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 4,353 | 1:35:05 | - |
| [Trump's midterm rally in Corpus Christi, Texas](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/IHa9ycm7cVI/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 8,836 | 1:13:41 | - |
| [SERIAL KILLER \| Utah authorities set to link Ted Bundy to another 1970s murder](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/5UTUr1kXotU/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 4,865 | 22:40 | - |
| [Vice President Vance participates in a campaign rally in Howell, Michigan](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/oj-7mtJnQ40/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 4,068 | 27:17 | - |
| [Johnson at press conference on Cait Conley 'carpet bagging'](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/4hetPOI8FTs/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 5,066 | 38:54 | - |
| [Alex Pretti's family host press conference accusing DOJ of violating rights](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/75yiNXx_9fI/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 4,030 | 25:18 | - |
| [Trump heads to Lone Star State for Texas midterm rallies](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/MLCUfhMGvPk/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 7,807 | 21:36 | - |
| [Gavin Newsom admits the DSA is the future? Political prospects](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/MLgzuWecEV0/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 1,375 | 3:09 | 1.21x |
| [Trump blames immigration for protests in France](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/OXLKAZaOBTQ/) | 2026-10-28 | Short | 7,842 | 0:37 | 3.18x |
| [Trump attacks Abdul El-Sayed during Texas rally](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/d3e2p5_2GPg/) | 2026-10-28 | Short | 7,193 | 0:45 | 2.04x |
| [Trump ATTACKS James Talarico at Texas rally](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/XOitXdgSpcg/) | 2026-10-28 | Short | 2,693 | 0:44 | 1.6x |
| [Will the GOP stronghold in Ohio BREAK? Taking a look at past & present polling](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/VsotW4Vfk14/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 871 | 3:31 | - |
| [Trump Texas Midterm Rally](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/K_G4qIkwVMc/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 9,600 | 1:36:51 | - |
| [Oregon elementary & Parkland parents SPEAK OUT \| Push for change after school shootings](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/ouMH9K1b0cU/) | 2026-10-27 | Long-form | 672 | 5:01 | - |
| [In the name of ELECTION FRAUD? President Trump's aggressive action](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/wCEshlYJwz4/) | 2026-10-27 | Long-form | 40,048 | 2:21 | 3.61x |
| [Bipartisan BACKLASH: Why Ilhan Omar cracked a joke with controversial streamer Hasan Piker](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/104Q6-iuz80/) | 2026-10-27 | Long-form | 10,103 | 2:31 | 2.03x |
| [Former FBI DirectorJames Comey faces new federal charges \| DOJ news](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/eMHXZUglmQw/) | 2026-10-27 | Short | 7,647 | 1:56 | 5.5x |
| [Closing remarks on the economy: How are candidates making the affordability push](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/fZbn9uwAXP8/) | 2026-10-27 | Long-form | 885 | 2:12 | - |
| [Could Nicki Minaj be the next White House press secretary? \| Midterm news](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/RSvzvBmokXs/) | 2026-10-27 | Short | 5,240 | 1:25 | 4.04x |
| [Republicans want to RETURN CONTROL 'to you' with Midterm election wins: Vance](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/-US9F7JsszU/) | 2026-10-27 | Short | 4,826 | 2:04 | 3.62x |
| [U.S. in WAR to regain American SOVEREIGNTY, Vance says praising El-Sayed opponent Mike Rogers](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/_bac9locyOw/) | 2026-10-27 | Short | 1,319 | 2:52 | - |
| [President Trump in Mississippi with early voting underay](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/yTq3_v9C924/) | 2026-10-27 | Long-form | 5,902 | 1:58:45 | - |
| [Vance DECLARES Michigan as 'MOST important' election in U.S. Midterms](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/i58qN1Q7irs/) | 2026-10-27 | Short | 2,243 | 2:59 | 1.75x |
| [SERIAL KILLER \| Utah authorities link TED BUNDY to another 1970s murder](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/SAKgwcxsTVU/) | 2026-10-27 | Short | 625 | 0:45 | - |
| [How 3D video TECH brings service members CLOSER TO HOME \| Google Beam x USO](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/Gnda3-q63oo/) | 2026-10-27 | Short | 508 | 1:49 | - |
| [ALEX PRETTI CASE \| Attorney calls on DOJ to release evidence, stop being ‘DEPARTMENT OF OBSTRUCTION’](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/eJvjFsscbA4/) | 2026-10-27 | Short | 1,116 | 2:25 | - |
| [Alex Pretti’s parents say they’ve kept over 2,000 cards and letters, THANK supporters](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/Cw1zIyX9yeM/) | 2026-10-27 | Short | 1,280 | 1:55 | - |
| [8 States Take OpenAI to Court — Is ChatGPT Safe for Teens?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/jjTD2ca2jOc/) | 2026-10-27 | Long-form | 507 | 5:06 | - |
| [Alex Pretti’s father has a MESSAGE for AG Blanche 9 months after fatal ICE shooting](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thenationaldesk/videos/djVKHpeUV3M/) | 2026-10-27 | Short | 1,384 | 2:58 | - |

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