Seth McLaughlin

Nikki Haley to vote for Trump, calls Biden ‘a catastrophe’

Nikki Haley said Wednesday that she plans to vote for former President Donald Trump this fall, setting aside her differences with her former boss and presumptive GOP nominee.

May 22, 2024

Trump’s Bronx rally to send warning shot to Democrats as he woos voters upset with crime, inflation

Former President Donald Trump is ready to do something that no Republican White House hopeful has done since Ronald Reagan: hold a campaign rally in the Bronx.

May 21, 2024

Biden’s abortion lifeline frayed in Arizona

Democrats are betting that abortion-related ballot measures will help President Biden fend off former President Donald Trump in key battleground states this fall. But that gamble is starting to look like a long shot in Arizona.

May 20, 2024

DCCC chair says GOP fealty to Trump, ‘extreme’ agenda will help flip the House in November

The head of the House Democrats campaign arm says House Republicans' dogged desire to show fealty to former President Donald Trump shows how far the party has drifted away from the mainstream and it will haunt them in the November elections.

May 17, 2024

‘Pro-choice’ Hogan vows to restore Roe abortion protections in Senate

Larry Hogan, Maryland's Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, has thrown his support behind codifying abortion rights into federal law and embraced the "pro-choice" label, breaking with former President Donald Trump and most of the rest of his party.

May 16, 2024

Georgia mulls swapping in ‘Hammerin’ Hank’ Aaron for statue of Confederate leader in U.S. Capitol

Georgia lawmakers are flirting with replacing the statue of Confederate leader Alexander Stephens at the U.S. Capitol with a sculpture of Atlanta Braves Hall of Fame baseball player Hank Aaron.

May 16, 2024

Can Larry Hogan revive his GOP magic versus Democrat Angela Alsobrooks in deep-blue Maryland?

Larry Hogan showed political magic in his two victories for governorship but will likely struggle to pull off a repeat as he tries to become the first Maryland Republican since 1980 to win a U.S. Senate seat.

May 16, 2024

Maryland Senate seat hinges on fight to define Hogan

Fresh off her victory in the Maryland Democratic Senate primary, Angela Alsobrooks is punching holes in the everyman persona Larry Hogan cultivated over two terms as governor, telling supporters the Republican nominee is a wolf in sheep's clothing.

May 15, 2024

Alsobrooks’ defeat of Trone in Maryland’s Democratic Senate race sets up clash with GOP’s Hogan

Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks overcame Rep. David Trone's enormous cash advantage to win the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Maryland, putting her a step closer to becoming the state's first Black female senator.

May 15, 2024

Pro-Biden group kicks off ad campaign targeting rural voters in swing states

President Biden's allies are looking to eat into former President Donald Trump's support among rural voters in a few key battleground states.

May 13, 2024

RFK Jr. carves out unique space on major issues in presidential race

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is shaping up to be quite the puzzle for his rivals in the campaign for the White House.

May 13, 2024

Trone hopes to get bang for his buck in Maryland Senate race, dominates political ad spending

Rep. David Trone has a lot of skin in the game in the Democratic Senate primary race in Maryland where he has vastly outspent his rival, Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, on campaign ads.

May 10, 2024

Trump faults Biden for helping Hamas by stopping bomb shipments to Israel

Former President Donald Trump is accusing President Biden of siding with Hamas terrorists by pausing the delivery of bombs to Israel.

May 9, 2024

Alsobrooks closing gap with Trone as Maryland Senate Democratic primary looms: Poll

The Maryland Democratic Senate primary between Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks and Rep. David Trone is a jump ball, says an Emerson College/The Hill/DC News Now survey released Thursday.

May 9, 2024

Democrats test if cash or diversity is king in Maryland’s U.S. Senate primary

Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks is leaning on the Big Schlims of the world to help offset Rep. David Trone's cavernous pockets in Maryland's hard-fought Democratic primary for U.S. Senate.

May 8, 2024

Biden faces fresh warning signs in native Pennsylvania

President Biden's Scranton roots are getting tested in his reelection push, according to polls that show former President Donald Trump pulling ahead of the president in his native Pennsylvania.

May 8, 2024

RFK Jr. challenges Trump to debate showdown this month at Libertarian National Convention

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is challenging former President Donald Trump to debate him at the Libertarian National Convention later this month.

May 7, 2024

Class warfare: Biden tests the potency of soak-the-rich appeal to voters

Politicians often bet big on promising tax cuts to get elected. President Biden is letting it ride on tax increases.

May 7, 2024

Bernie Sanders seeks reelection, trumpeting his far-left, anti-Israel agenda

Sen. Bernard Sanders is running for reelection to a fourth term in his Vermont seat.

May 6, 2024

Trump cheers on resignation of Charlie Spies as RNC’s chief legal counsel

Former President Donald Trump is celebrating the departure of the head of the Republican National Committee's legal department.

May 6, 2024