Seth McLaughlin

Is a gay Republican president more likely than a gay Democrat?

Rep. Derrick Van Orden says Democrats will have a harder time than Republicans electing a gay president because Black voters, a core part of their party's base, aren't yet comfortable with the idea of a gay commander-in-chief.

September 17, 2026

Trump stands alone: GOP avoids Iran war talk as midterm elections draw near

President Trump has embraced the Iran war as part of his midterm national-security pitch, but Republicans are not following his lead.

September 17, 2026

Trump rallies party faithful for Whatley in North Carolina with tough-on-crime, $5,000 pledge

President Trump swung through North Carolina to boost Michael Whatley's U.S. Senate bid, leaning on the administration's record on crime and folding his pledge to cut $5,000 "Trump dividend" checks for every American into the high-stakes race.

September 16, 2026

Democrats need 4 Senate seats. Their path runs through Trump country

Democrats' path to the four seats they need to flip the U.S. Senate likely starts in North Carolina, where former Gov. Roy Cooper is trying to win over voters with his "Make Stuff Cost Less" slogan.

September 15, 2026

RFK Jr. bashes modern Democratic Party, says Americans ‘need to elect a Republican Congress’

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. used his primetime slot at the GOP's midterm convention in Dallas to deliver a blistering indictment of the modern Democratic Party: the same party with which his family has been synonymous for generations.

September 10, 2026

Speaker Mike Johnson says GOP needs more time to fix Biden-era problems

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday that Republicans need more time calling the shots to deal with what he described as the mess they inherited from President Biden and Democrats in Washington.

September 10, 2026

Rogers calls himself ‘law man’ in Michigan Senate fight, accuses El-Sayed of terrorism sympathies

Former Rep. Mike Rogers on Thursday accused Abdul El-Sayed of being a terrorism sympathizer, warning that Michigan cannot afford to send a Democrat who surrounds himself with "people who despise" the United States to Congress.

September 10, 2026

Ted Cruz: Midterms are a ‘time for choosing’ after extremists take over Democratic Party

Sen. Ted Cruz on Thursday warned fellow Republicans at the party convention in his home state of Texas that the Democratic Party has been overtaken by a "new and dangerous red-green alliance" of "communists and Islamists" who are defined by hostility.

September 10, 2026

NRCC chair bills midterms contest as Trump ‘common sense’ vs. Bernie Sanders ‘crazy’

North Carolina Rep. Richard Hudson told the party faithful at the convention in Dallas that the midterm election boils down to a choice between President Trump's MAGA vision and the Democrats' socialist vision.

September 10, 2026

Todd Blanche makes rare political appearance to lean into tough-on-crime message at GOP convention

Attorney General Todd Blanche credited President Trump with keeping his promise to secure the southern border and enact tough-on-crime laws that, he said, have made the nation far safer than the one inherited from President Biden.

September 9, 2026

Fetterman flashes bipartisan chops with surprise video message at GOP convention

Sen. John Fetterman, Pennsylvania Democrat, made a surprise cameo at the Republican National Convention in Dallas, briefly appearing in a video message, further distancing himself from the socialist-leaning elements of his party.

September 9, 2026

‘He’s not on our side’: Sen. Jon Husted goes after Democrat Sherrod Brown as a misguided relic

Sen. Jon Husted called former Sen. Sherrod Brown, his Democratic opponent in this year's Senate race, a relic of the past.

September 9, 2026

Sen. Tim Scott’s convention speech warns of the threat of ‘radical,’ ‘weird’ Democrats

Sen. Tim Scott, chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, told the Republican midterm convention in Dallas that Senate Democrats have rolled out "the most dangerous, radical, and frankly weird Democrat candidates in American history."

September 9, 2026

Michael Whatley casts Senate rival Roy Cooper as ‘radical’ in GOP convention speech

Michael Whatley took the stage at the GOP convention in Dallas on Wednesday and rallied Republicans behind his uphill Senate bid in North Carolina by framing the election as a fight for the American dream.

September 9, 2026

Republicans open midterm convention with a call to defy history, expand majorities

The head of the Republican National Committee gaveled in the "historic" midterm GOP convention in Dallas on Wednesday with a burst of praise for President Trump, declaring the gathering "dedicated to one mission: defying history."

September 9, 2026

Musk PAC launches transgender focused attacks in marquee Senate races

Elon Musk is trying to drag the midterm debate away from inflation and gas prices and turn it into a referendum on transgender issues.

September 8, 2026

GOP steps up swipes at Talarico ahead of Dallas convention

Republicans are intensifying their attacks on James Talarico ahead of this week's convention in Dallas, rolling out a series of ads and national media broadsides that cast the Austin Democrat as culturally and ideologically out of step with Texas.

September 8, 2026

Iran war rattles the economy, shakes up U.S. Senate races

Republicans Michael Whatley in North Carolina, Mike Rogers in Michigan and Ken Paxton in Texas have all stuck with their support for the U.S. war with Iran, which polls show is opposed by a majority of Americans.

September 7, 2026

Trump Team works to convert anti-data center voters for midterm elections

President Trump and his allies are going on the offensive in the public-relations battle over data centers that have become a top target for voters angry about high prices.

September 4, 2026

Brown’s offensive on data centers defines his Ohio Senate fight with Husted

Former Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown is out with another ad hammering Sen. Jon Husted over his past support for data centers.

September 3, 2026