Seth McLaughlin

Cory Booker to liberal activists: ‘Reject the normalcy of injustice’

Sen. Cory Booker challenged liberal activists gathered Friday for the Netroots Nation Conference in New Orleans to fight against the "normalcy of injustice" in the United States and to "awaken the dream of this country again."

August 3, 2018

Ted Cruz campaign ad goes on air in tight Senate race against Beto O’Rourke

Sen. Ted Cruz's campaign said Friday it started airing its first campaign commercial of the 2018 midterm elections highlighting the Texas Republican's response to Hurricane Harvey.

August 3, 2018

Tom Steyer blasts Democrats over failure to impeach Trump

Billionaire Democratic donor Tom Steyer on Thursday shamed Senate Democrats and the Washington establishment for not embracing his quest to impeach President Trump.

August 2, 2018

Immigrant-rights group prepared to go for ‘jugular’ in midterm attack ads

The head of an immigrant-rights group said Thursday the chilling "American Nightmare" advertisement showing a Confederate-flag toting truck stalking young minority children that his group ran in Virginia's gubernatorial race last year could serve as a blueprint for television spots ahead of the midterm elections.

August 2, 2018

Liberal group thrusts Jim Jordan’s speaker bid into Ohio special election

Democrats are looking to flip the script on Republicans by calling on the GOP candidate in an Ohio special election to say whether he would support Rep. Jim Jordan's bid to become the next House speaker.

August 2, 2018

Ivanka Trump: ‘I do not feel the media is the enemy of the people’

Ivanka Trump said Thursday she doesn't view the news media as the "enemy of the people."

August 2, 2018

Jerry Falwell Jr., Liberty University president, questions Jeff Sessions’ loyalty to Donald Trump

The president of Liberty University said students at his evangelical Christian school sniffed out early on that Attorney General Jeff Sessions was never a true supporter of President Trump.

August 2, 2018

Donald Trump, John Kasich band together to push Troy Balderson in Ohio’s special election

The special election race for the open House seat in Ohio's 12th Congressional District is making for strange bedfellows, with President Trump and Gov. John Kasich pushing to help Republican Troy Balderson beat Democrat Danny O'Connor in a tight race.

August 1, 2018

Obama endorses Rep. Jacky Rosen in Nevada Senate race

Former President Barack Obama endorsed Rep. Jacky Rosen's bid for the Senate in Nevada, putting his stamp on one of the most watched Senate races of the 2018 election cycle.

August 1, 2018

Photo of Joe Arpaio in pink underwear more likely than Senate win, pollster says

The chances of Joe Arpaio winning the U.S. Senate race in Arizona are so absurd, according to a local pollster, that it is more likely voters will come across a photo of the former Maricopa County sheriff sporting the line of pink underwear he used to make inmates wear.

August 1, 2018

Democrats top Republicans in midterm elections fundraising in heartland states

Democratic House candidates in the country's heartland are raking in the cash, outpacing Republicans in fundraising in many key races and putting the party on solid ground to reclaim the chamber in this year's congressional elections.

July 23, 2018

RNC Selects Charlotte for 2020 convention

The Republican National Committee voted Friday to hold its 2020 party convention in Charlotte.

July 20, 2018

Senators plan to resurrect resolution backing intelligence community on Russia

Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Friday they plan to revive a non-binding resolution that failed to pass this week and that would have put the chamber on record as supporting the intelligence community and its findings that Russian interfered in the 2016 election.

July 20, 2018

Ronna Romney McDaniel, RNC chairwoman: ‘Democrats are more divided than ever’

The head of the Republican National Committee said the GOP is poised for victory in the 2018 midterm elections in part because of the the infighting among Democrats.

July 20, 2018

Joe Biden scheduled to campaign with Kyrsten Sinema in Arizona Senate race

Former Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to hit the campaign trail Friday with Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, a Democrat running in a U.S. Senate race in Arizona that is viewed as one of Democrats best chances to flip a GOP seat.

July 20, 2018

Donald Trump invites Vladimir Putin to Washington in the fall

President Trump is inviting Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Washington, the White House said Thursday, brushing aside the furor over Moscow's meddling in the 2016 presidential election and catching many officials off guard, including the president's director of national intelligence.

July 19, 2018

Republican leaders block bipartisan resolution backing intelligence community

Senate GOP leaders blocked a non-binding bipartisan resolution Thursday that would have put the chamber on record as standing behind the intelligence community and its findings that Russian interfered in the 2016 election.

July 19, 2018

Donald Trump dreams of Biden 2020 challenge, says Obama ‘took him out of the garbage heap’

President Trump said Thursday that he relishes the prospect of running against former Vice President Joseph R. Biden in the 2020 presidential election.

July 19, 2018

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez irks Democrats by undermining incumbents, pushing left-wing agenda

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, in a matter of weeks, has gone from being a little-known activist to a liberal sensation and highly sought-after national figure after riding a Bernie Sanders-inspired anti-establishment message to a stunning victory over Rep. Joe Crowley in New York City.

July 18, 2018

House expresses support for ICE, denounces calls to abolish agency

The GOP-controlled House passed a resolution Wednesday putting the chamber on record in supporting the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, which, they say, has become a scapegoat for the left wing of the Democratic Party.

July 18, 2018