Seth McLaughlin

British Prime Minister David Cameron recalls Parliament to discuss Syria response

British Prime Minister David Cameron is calling for a special session of Parliament to discuss the nation's possible involvement in a military response to the Syria government's suspected use of chemical weapons.

August 27, 2013

Conservative group dings Sen. Mitch McConnell’s record in new ad

A conservative group is running radio ads against Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in Kentucky, as part of its push to replace the five-term incumbent with Matt Bevin in the GOP primary next year.

August 26, 2013

Sen. Bob Corker predicts military strike against Syria

The top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Monday that he expects U.S. will be involved in some sort of military response to the suspected use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government.

August 26, 2013

Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s job-poaching pitch targets Missouri

Looking to lure more employers to his state, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is running commercials in Missouri in which he touts the business-friendly climate that he has helped carve out and dings the Show-Me State's Democratic governor for blocking tax cuts

August 22, 2013

Hillary Clinton is winning the name game for the 2016 presidential election

A slow August in political news has created a vacuum that the press and pundits are filling with Clinton-watch: the guessing game as to whether Hillary Rodham Clinton is running for president in 2016, when she might announce and what effect her proto-campaign is having on President Obama's ability to govern.

August 20, 2013

Cruz: Thanks but no thanks to Canadian citizenship

While insisting he has no beef with Canada, the land of his birth, Sen. Ted Cruz announced his plans Tuesday to rip up his Canadian citizenship in order to help quell the growing controversy over whether he is eligible to run for president.

August 20, 2013

A possible candidate is born: Sen. Ted Cruz a ‘wild card’ for GOP presidential bid

Sen. Ted Cruz has released his birth certificate, visited the states that traditionally open the Republican presidential race and cemented himself as one of the few no-holds-barred foes of Obamacare.

August 19, 2013

Republicans miss chance to reach out to Hispanics with immigration resolution

Republican leaders spent a good chunk of their summer meeting talking up their revamped Hispanic outreach efforts and then turned around and approved a resolution that could make it harder for the party to close its deficit with the nation's fastest-growing minority group.

August 18, 2013

GOP votes to bar CNN, NBC from hosting primary debates

The Republican National Committee voted Friday to bar NBC and CNN from sponsoring GOP primary debates in the 2016 election, ramping up pressure to stop the networks from running programs focused on Hillary Rodham Clinton.

August 16, 2013

Christie to Republicans: 2012 is past, time to get over it

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie sent a clear message to Republicans about the 2012 election: It's been nine months now, get over it.

August 15, 2013

Republicans huddle on their ground game

GOP leaders had hoped this week's summer meeting in Boston would focus on preparations for 2016 and efforts to improve the party's ground game — but leaders are finding they can't avoid the thorny policy issues, including immigration, that have deeply divided Republicans in Washington and nationwide.

August 14, 2013

IRS letting questions, tea party applications languish; few fixes after abuses revealed

Three months after it became clear that the IRS started targeting conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status and after President Obama installed new leadership to try to fix the agency, dozens of groups are still awaiting a final decision or, in some cases, have withdrawn their applications out of frustration with the process.

August 13, 2013

N.C. governor signs voter-ID law

North Carolina's Republican governor signed a voter-identification law on Monday in a move that's likely to test the Obama administration's efforts to push back against states after the recent Supreme Court ruling that struck down part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

August 12, 2013

Paul praises drone with beer payload

Sen. Rand Paul may have found a drone he likes.

August 9, 2013

Scarborough: Paul-McConnell relationship is ‘marriage of convenience’

Former GOP congressman Joe Scarborough said Friday the remarks that Sen. Mitch McConnell's campaign manager made about his boss show that their relationship is a "marriage of convenience" aimed at boosting Sen. Rand Paul's bid for the presidency in 2016.

August 9, 2013

Mark Zuckerberg group defends Rep. Paul Ryan’s push for immigration reform

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's political action group is coming to the defense of Rep. Paul Ryan with a pro-immigration-reform ad buy in the Wisconsin Republican's congressional district, Politico reported.

August 9, 2013

Rand Paul: GOP can grow base by opposing indefinite detention

Sen. Rand Paul says that one of the ways he can bring more minority and younger voters into the party is to push back against indefinite detention.

August 9, 2013

Rick Santorum tests his mojo in Iowa

Rick Santorum, the runner-up to Mitt Romney in the overall GOP presidential nomination battle, is back in Iowa on a three-day summer tour this week, checking to see whether he still has any of the magic that helped him win the state's caucuses last year.

August 8, 2013

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on track for big re-election win

A new Quinnipiac University poll shows that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie holds a 58 percent to 30 percent lead, suggesting he is on his well on his way to pancaking Democrat state Sen. Barbara Buono in the November election.

August 8, 2013

Back from the brink! McConnell ‘clear favorite’ in Kentucky

A top nonpartisan political handicapper said Thursday that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is well-positioned to defeat challenges on his left and his right on his way to winning re-election.

August 8, 2013