Seth McLaughlin

Beshear’s book tour doubles as 2028 dry run, betting a red-state Democrat can win middle America

Gov. Andy Beshear's book tour looks a lot like a soft launch for 2028.

September 23, 2026

‘Absolutely abhorrent’: Harris blasts Trump’s ban of liberal outlets from White House

Former Vice President Kamala Harris chided President Trump on Tuesday for banning three liberal outlets from the White House, calling the move "abhorrent" and accusing him of trying to muzzle journalists from fear of what they might tell the public about his administration.

September 22, 2026

Kamala Harris back on the campaign trail in Michigan to boost Abdul El-Sayed in U.S. Senate race

Former Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday made her first major midterm foray, traveling to Michigan to boost Democrat Abdul El-Sayed's Senate bid -- a high-profile stop that doubled as a test of her standing as a potential 2028 contender.

September 22, 2026

Self-preservation mode: Vulnerable Republicans carve out daylight from Trump as midterms loom

As the midterm elections draw near, several Republican politicians have put some daylight between themselves and President Trump.

September 22, 2026

Alaska’s Dan Sullivan joins candidates in key Senate races calling for a pause on diesel exports

Republican candidates who supported the Iran war are moving quickly to show they hear voters' complaints about high fuel and grocery prices tied to the conflict -- proposing a gas tax suspension and a temporary halt to diesel exports as the midterm elections near.

September 22, 2026

New Hampshire emerges as unlikely battleground in fight to control the U.S. Senate

The GOP's John Sununu is now within striking distance of winning New Hampshire's U.S. Senate race, likely torpedoing Democrats' hopes of netting the four seats they need to take over the upper chamber.

September 21, 2026

Is a gay Republican president more likely than a gay Democrat?

Rep. Derrick Van Orden says Democrats will have a harder time than Republicans electing a gay president because Black voters, a core part of their party's base, aren't yet comfortable with the idea of a gay commander-in-chief.

September 17, 2026

Trump stands alone: GOP avoids Iran war talk as midterm elections draw near

President Trump has embraced the Iran war as part of his midterm national-security pitch, but Republicans are not following his lead.

September 17, 2026

Trump rallies party faithful for Whatley in North Carolina with tough-on-crime, $5,000 pledge

President Trump swung through North Carolina to boost Michael Whatley's U.S. Senate bid, leaning on the administration's record on crime and folding his pledge to cut $5,000 "Trump dividend" checks for every American into the high-stakes race.

September 16, 2026

Democrats need 4 Senate seats. Their path runs through Trump country

Democrats' path to the four seats they need to flip the U.S. Senate likely starts in North Carolina, where former Gov. Roy Cooper is trying to win over voters with his "Make Stuff Cost Less" slogan.

September 15, 2026

RFK Jr. bashes modern Democratic Party, says Americans ‘need to elect a Republican Congress’

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. used his primetime slot at the GOP's midterm convention in Dallas to deliver a blistering indictment of the modern Democratic Party: the same party with which his family has been synonymous for generations.

September 10, 2026

Speaker Mike Johnson says GOP needs more time to fix Biden-era problems

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday that Republicans need more time calling the shots to deal with what he described as the mess they inherited from President Biden and Democrats in Washington.

September 10, 2026

Rogers calls himself ‘law man’ in Michigan Senate fight, accuses El-Sayed of terrorism sympathies

Former Rep. Mike Rogers on Thursday accused Abdul El-Sayed of being a terrorism sympathizer, warning that Michigan cannot afford to send a Democrat who surrounds himself with "people who despise" the United States to Congress.

September 10, 2026

Ted Cruz: Midterms are a ‘time for choosing’ after extremists take over Democratic Party

Sen. Ted Cruz on Thursday warned fellow Republicans at the party convention in his home state of Texas that the Democratic Party has been overtaken by a "new and dangerous red-green alliance" of "communists and Islamists" who are defined by hostility.

September 10, 2026

NRCC chair bills midterms contest as Trump ‘common sense’ vs. Bernie Sanders ‘crazy’

North Carolina Rep. Richard Hudson told the party faithful at the convention in Dallas that the midterm election boils down to a choice between President Trump's MAGA vision and the Democrats' socialist vision.

September 10, 2026

Todd Blanche makes rare political appearance to lean into tough-on-crime message at GOP convention

Attorney General Todd Blanche credited President Trump with keeping his promise to secure the southern border and enact tough-on-crime laws that, he said, have made the nation far safer than the one inherited from President Biden.

September 9, 2026

Fetterman flashes bipartisan chops with surprise video message at GOP convention

Sen. John Fetterman, Pennsylvania Democrat, made a surprise cameo at the Republican National Convention in Dallas, briefly appearing in a video message, further distancing himself from the socialist-leaning elements of his party.

September 9, 2026

‘He’s not on our side’: Sen. Jon Husted goes after Democrat Sherrod Brown as a misguided relic

Sen. Jon Husted called former Sen. Sherrod Brown, his Democratic opponent in this year's Senate race, a relic of the past.

September 9, 2026

Sen. Tim Scott’s convention speech warns of the threat of ‘radical,’ ‘weird’ Democrats

Sen. Tim Scott, chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, told the Republican midterm convention in Dallas that Senate Democrats have rolled out "the most dangerous, radical, and frankly weird Democrat candidates in American history."

September 9, 2026

Michael Whatley casts Senate rival Roy Cooper as ‘radical’ in GOP convention speech

Michael Whatley took the stage at the GOP convention in Dallas on Wednesday and rallied Republicans behind his uphill Senate bid in North Carolina by framing the election as a fight for the American dream.

September 9, 2026