Seth McLaughlin

Governors eclipsed by Trump in GOP race, hobbled by voters’ anti-establishment fervor

Time was when voters liked having a governor take the reins in the White House.

September 18, 2023

Christie looking to pop Trump’s air of inevitability in New Hampshire

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is spoiling for a fight with former President Donald Trump in the 2024 GOP presidential race, but so far, he is shadowboxing.

September 16, 2023

Trump machine churns out plans for transition; campaign team smooths out bumps of 2016

Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign is more of a well-oiled machine than his first scattershot bid when he learned on the fly and threw together an operation that ignored the traditional nuts and bolts of running for president.

September 15, 2023

Gov. Chris Sununu calls Democrats ‘fools’ for thinking they can bump New Hampshire’s first primary

If Florida is where "woke" policies go to die, then New Hampshire is where Democrats' dreams of a new primary calendar go to die.

September 15, 2023

Republicans highlight Sen. Jon Tester’s support for Biden in Montana Senate race

Sen. Jon Tester's ties to President Biden are being tested in Big Sky Country.

September 12, 2023

Trump dominates the Iowa race, but his infrequent visits give GOP rivals a glimmer of hope

Donald Trump's visit to Iowa on Saturday for a marquee college football matchup marked just the sixth time the former president has visited the state since entering the Republican nomination race roughly 10 months ago.

September 10, 2023

Pence says 2024 is a ‘time for choosing,’ framing it as battle of conservatism vs. Trump populism

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday cast the 2024 GOP presidential nomination race as the last chance to save conservative thoughts and ideas from the Trump-inspired political populism that he says puts the nation and the party on a "road to ruin."

September 6, 2023

Ex-Rep. Mike Rogers announces Michigan Senate bid, lifting the GOP’s hopes

Former Rep. Mike Rogers is running for the U.S. Senate in Michigan, giving the GOP a well-known candidate in a growing field of contenders in an election that could shift control of the upper chamber.

September 6, 2023

Trump supporters dismiss electability challenges, see him as best hope against Biden

A flood of national and early-state surveys indicate that most Republican primary voters either disagree or, frankly, just don't care about President Trump's legal problems.

September 5, 2023

Trouble in spotlight: Ramaswamy top target of attacks after Republican debate success

Now it's Vivek Ramaswamy's turn to face the arrows, and they're coming fast and furious after he stole the show at the first GOP presidential debate.

September 4, 2023

Giuliani found liable for defaming election workers in Georgia

A federal judge on Wednesday found former New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani liable for defaming two Georgia election workers as part of his efforts to overturn the state's 2020 election results.

August 30, 2023

Georgia lawmaker warns of ‘fighting it in the streets’ if Republicans fail to defund Fani Willis

The Georgia state senator pushing to defund the Fulton County district attorney's office following the indictment of former President Donald Trump is warning his colleague that if they don't act, "our constituencies are going to be fighting it in the streets."

August 30, 2023

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez ends short-lived presidential bid

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez on Tuesday pulled the plug on his bid for the GOP presidential nomination, making him the first casualty of the 2024 contest.

August 29, 2023

Trump holds big primary lead in Georgia despite legal woes

Former President Donald Trump is sitting on a big lead in the GOP nomination race in Georgia despite being hit with a criminal indictment charging him and 18 of his allies with trying to overturn the results of the state's 2020 election.

August 29, 2023

White House warns partisan impeachment inquiry would ‘backfire’ against House GOP

The White House on Monday warned that Republicans should back away from the push to launch an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, saying such an exercise would "be a disaster" for the GOP politically.

August 28, 2023

ACU vice chair resigns, calls for independent investigations into Matt Schlapp, group’s finances

The vice chair of the American Conservative Union has resigned and demanded investigations into Chairman Matt Schlapp and the organization's finances.

August 25, 2023

Pence rivals back his Jan. 6 actions, distance themselves from Trump’s rigged election claims

Former Vice President Mike Pence's rivals for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination said he did the right thing when he refused to cower under pressure from former President Trump to stop the certification of electoral votes on Jan. 6, 2021.

August 23, 2023

Haley rips debate rivals on debt: ‘They need to stop the spending, they need to stop the borrowing’

Nikki Haley said that Republicans have to take a good look in the mirror if they are going to get serious about tackling the nation's deficits and debt.

August 23, 2023

Republicans brawl at first debate without Trump

Eight Republican presidential primary candidates clashed over politics and policies Wednesday night at their first debate, a prime-time event that former President Donald Trump, the prohibitive leader, skipped.

August 23, 2023

DeSantis: Time to send Biden ‘back to his basement and reverse American decline’

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida said Wednesday that voters are frustrated because the country is in "decline" and President Biden's economic vision is making things worse for working-class families.

August 23, 2023