Seth McLaughlin

Pat Roberts’ attack ad questions Milton Wolf’s trustworthiness

Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts re-released a television ad Monday that raises questions about whether his tea party-backed opponent can be trusted if elected to the Senate.

Group challenges Obama administration’s executive authority on Obamacare

A conservative group beat House Republicans to the punch, filing a lawsuit late last week claiming President Obama has abused his powers by modifying his health care law through executive fiat.

Lamar Alexander has abandoned GOP platform: Joe Carr

Bloomberg’s gun control group to vet candidates ahead of election

A gun-control group funded by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg plans to start vetting congressional candidates ahead of the 2014 midterm elections, as it looks to ramp up pressure on lawmakers to pass more restrictive gun laws.

Chris McDaniel offers bounties for hard proof of electoral wrongdoing in Mississippi

State Sen. Chris McDaniel said Thursday he will be handing out bounties to people who can dig up evidence that leads to the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in voter fraud in his primary race against Sen. Thad Cochran, who was declared the winner.

Traditional marriage group seeks immunity for gay activist after IRS leak

The National Organization for Marriage said the $50,000 settlement the IRS paid the group for releasing its private tax information was a start, but it still wants the Justice Department to grant immunity to the key gay rights activist involved in the release.

Tea party still has election hopes as chances dwindle

Looking to rebound from a heartbreaking loss in Mississippi's Senate primary, national tea party groups say they still hope to score a few victories to bolster their ranks as they prepare for policy battles on Capitol Hill.

ISIL’s rise forces GOP 2016 hopefuls to weigh in on intervention

The rise of Islamist guerrillas in Iraq is forcing 2016 GOP presidential contenders to pick sides in the ongoing debate over whether the invasion of Iraq was worth it and whether the U.S. should re-engage in the Arab nation's mounting problems.

Chris McDaniel, True the Vote challenge Mississippi primary vote

A conservative group filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday challenging the outcome of the bitter Mississippi GOP Senate primary, saying that investigators should take more time to determine whether election laws have been broken and whether illegal ballots were cast.

GOP: GOP homing in on Senate, ready to push policies

Having beaten back all of the tea party challengers so far this year, Senate Republicans have assembled a field of candidates well-poised to hold their own seats and make a run at the at least six Democrat-held seats needed to flip control of the chamber and start calling the shots in the upper chamber.

Huckabee endorses Sen. Lamar Alexander’s re-election bid

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee on Friday endorsed Sen. Lamar Alexander's re-election bid in a new campaign ad, saying he is ready to step into the ring and fight against anyone who challenges the veteran lawmaker's conservative credentials.

Chris McDaniel’s campaign to investigate ‘irregularities’ in Mississippi runoff

State Sen. Chris McDaniel said Wednesday that his campaign team plans to investigate "irregularities" in the primary race, as it considers whether to pursue some sort of legal challenge after his razor-thin loss to incumbent U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran in a Republican runoff a day earlier.

Rep. James Lankford: ‘National tea party’ is oxymoron

Rep. James Lankford said Wednesday that his victory in the Oklahoma Senate primary race should serve as a clear reminder that local tea party activists are not going to take their marching orders from the national groups that claim the mantle of the grassroots movement.

Sen. Ted Cruz: Drug cartels forcing illegal immigrant children to cut off each other’s body parts

Sen. Ted Cruz said Wednesday that the Obama administration's decision to halt the deportations of illegal immigrant children has fostered an environment along the border where human traffickers are forcing little kids to cut off the fingers and ears of other children in an attempt to extort ransom from their families.

Joe Scarborough: GOP establishment’s goal is to knock Harry Reid from power

Former Florida Rep. Joe Scarborough touted Sen. Thad Cochran's win in the Mississippi primary race Wednesday as more proof that the GOP establishment is doing everything it can this primary season to avoid any surprises in the November election that could hurt its chances of knocking Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid from power.

Chris McDaniel defiant, blasts Sen. Cochran for leaning on ‘liberal Democrats’

Tea party-backed Chris McDaniel refused to concede his bitter Mississippi GOP runoff defeat to Sen. Thad Cochran, blaming the loss on "liberal Democrats" for hijacking the desires of Republican primary voters in the bright red Magnolia State.

Tea party leader: Chris McDaniel should run as write-in candidate in November election

The head of tea party group said Wednesday that state Sen. Chris McDaniel should wage a write-in campaign in the November election after losing to Sen. Thad Cochran in a nasty Mississippi primary race.

Haley Barbour: Thad Cochran was GOP’s best bet to keep Senate seat

Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said Wednesday that Sen. Thad Cochran's win in the bitter primary race in the Magnolia State strengthens the GOP's chances of keeping the seat in the November election.

Cochran wins Mississippi primary runoff

Sen. Thad Cochran turned back a hard challenge from tea-party-backed state Sen. Chris McDaniel in the Mississippi Senate runoff race Tuesday, handing the party establishment arguably its biggest win of the 2014 primary season and boosting Republican hopes of flipping control of the Senate in the November election.

Tea party has momentum, optimism for another win with Mississippi runoff

Energized by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's stunning loss in Virginia earlier this month, tea party Republicans hope to finish the job Tuesday in Mississippi by unseating six-term Sen. Thad Cochran in a GOP primary.