Seth McLaughlin

Minnesota swing voters turned off by Trump tough message

Louella Anderson, a 64-year-old self-described Republican from this Minneapolis suburb, would seem like an easy vote for President Trump, but she is backing Democratic nominee Joseph R. Biden.

October 4, 2020

Obama extends ‘best wishes’ to President Trump, hopes for speedy recovery

Former President Barack Obama extended his "best wishes" to President Trump and first lady Melania Trump following their diagnosis with the coronavirus.

October 2, 2020

Voters on Trump COVID-19 diagnosis: ‘He kind of asked for it’

President Trump's jarring announcement that he and first lady Melania Trump contracted the coronavirus isn't winning him a ton of sympathy from voters in this key Minneapolis suburb.

October 2, 2020

Donald Trump Proud Boys ‘stand by’ comment sets off firestorm, shakes up campaign

President Trump's remark telling the far-right Proud Boys group to "stand by" took on a life of its own Wednesday -- setting off a firestorm of criticism that he was fanning the flames of white supremacists in America and opening the door to more violence in the nation's cities.

September 30, 2020

David Axelrod on CNN: Trump flushed chances of winning down toilet

The former chief strategist for Barack Obama's presidential campaign said President Trump likely flushed his chances of winning a second term down the toilet in the first presidential debate.

September 29, 2020

Joe Biden nickname for Donald Trump is ‘Putin’s puppy’

Joseph R. Biden has a new nickname for President Trump: "Putin's puppy."

September 29, 2020

Trump: The far left is ‘going to dominate you, Joe’

President Trump warned in the first presidential debate that former Vice President Joseph R. Biden is going to be a puppet for the "radical left" of the Democratic Party if he wins the White House.

September 29, 2020

Trump says ‘nobody will show up’ at Joe Biden rallies

President Trump said Joseph R. Biden isn't holding rallies because "nobody will show up."

September 29, 2020

Joe Biden mocks earpiece, drug testing drama

Joseph R. Biden on Tuesday evening mocked the idea that he's preparing to climb onto the debate stage with a hidden earpiece.

September 29, 2020

Joe Biden braces for Donald Trump offensive in debate

Joseph R. Biden is expected to walk into a buzzsaw Tuesday when he climbs onto the stage for the first time to debate President Trump, and the way the Democratic presidential nominee responds could shape the contours of the race for the closing weeks of the campaign.

September 28, 2020

GOP Michigan Senate challenger John James: Amy Barrett is ‘highly qualified’

Republican Senate candidate John James says the battle over President Trump's pick for the Supreme Court shows that Michigan Sen. Gary Peters, is a fall-in-line Democrat -- not the independent, follow-his-own-lead independent he claims to be.

September 26, 2020

Joe Biden: Amy Coney Barrett is a threat to Obamacare

Joseph R. Biden warned Saturday Obamacare is doomed if Amy Coney Barrett wins confirmation to the Supreme Court.

September 26, 2020

Undecided voters still up for grabs in Michigan

Late-breakers were key to President Trump's upset victory in 2016, according to analysts, but this year there are fewer of them but they could still swing close races in battleground states like Michigan. We interviewed a few undecided voters on the ground in the Wolverine State who shared why they're still on the fence.

September 26, 2020

Trump signs executive order preserving preexisting condition coverage

President Trump signed an executive order Thursday that says it is the "policy of the United States" that health insurers cannot deny coverage to people with preexisting conditions, even if the Supreme Court strikes down the same protections in Obamacare.

September 24, 2020

‘Hidin’ Biden’ bets Trump will be his ‘own worst enemy’

Joseph R. Biden is giving President Trump a run for his money when it comes to being "Mr. Unconventional" in the 2020 presidential race.

September 23, 2020

Cindy McCain endorses Joe Biden

Cindy McCain, the widow of the late Sen. John McCain of Arizona, endorsed Joseph R. Biden for president on Tuesday, calling him a good and honest man who will lead the country with dignity.

September 22, 2020

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death reshapes competitive Senate races

Sen. Susan M. Collins' already iffy chances of reelection suffered another blow after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, with a new opening on the Supreme Court adding to still-simmering anger in Maine over her previous vote for Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh.

September 21, 2020