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Articles by Seth McLaughlin

Workers load an All-Star sign onto a trailer after it was removed from Truist Park in Atlanta, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. (John Spink/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) ** FILE **

Joe Biden, Democrats backpedal amid MLB All-Star Game uproar

Democrats scrambled Tuesday to dodge the fallout from Major League Baseball's decision to pull the All-Star Game out of Atlanta as Republicans stepped up to the plate, blaming an overheated "Jim Crow" narrative for stoking an over-the-top corporate backlash against Georgia.

April 6, 2021
White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, April 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House: Georgia election law ‘built on a lie’

The White House said Tuesday the Georgia legislature's rewrite of election laws and like-minded efforts across the country are built on former President Donald Trump's "lie" that the 2020 election was stolen.

April 6, 2021
President Joe Biden speaks during an event on COVID-19 vaccinations and the response to the pandemic, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Monday, March 29, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Biden selling vision to Republican voters, not lawmakers

President Biden and his team are redefining bipartisanship on their own terms. The 46th president of the United States is making it clear that he puts more stock in claiming the support of Republican voters than winning GOP votes on Capitol Hill.

April 1, 2021
President Joe Biden delivers a speech on infrastructure spending at Carpenters Pittsburgh Training Center, Wednesday, March 31, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House defends proposed corporate tax hike

White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain on Thursday defended President Biden's push to increase corporate taxes to help pay for his $2.25 trillion American Jobs Plan, saying it is "just good policy" and a "commonsense" way to come up with the money to fund his ambitious proposal.

April 1, 2021