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Articles by Seth McLaughlin

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is interviewed on the "Fox & Friends" television program, in New York on Thursday, May 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) ** FILE **

Newt Gingrich, Republicans float new Contract with America

Republicans have poll-tested a Contract with America-style agenda to carry into the fall elections as they ponder whether they need to give voters a bolder plan for what they will do if they keep control of Congress.

September 11, 2018
Former President Barack Obama speaks to a full crowd in Foellinger Auditorium Friday, Sept. 7, 2018, on the University of Illinois campus in Urbana. Obama will receive a medal for the Paul H. Douglas Award for Ethics in Government at a private ceremony following the speech.(Stephen Haas/The News-Gazette via AP)

Lindsey Graham: Obama criticism of Trump bound to backfire

Sen. Lindsey Graham pushed back Friday against former President Obama's criticism of the Trump administration, saying that if Mr. Obama wants Mr. Trump to win a second term, the Illinois Democrat should keep reminding voters about his time in the White House.

September 7, 2018
Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley, center, celebrates victory over U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano, D-Mass., in the 7th Congressional House Democratic primary, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Ayanna Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wins further divide Democrats

Liberal activists said Ayanna Pressley's platform helped energize voters, giving her a 17-point margin of victory over Rep. Michael Capuano, the second longtime Democratic lawmaker to fall in a primary this year to a more liberal candidate. It's also vastly different than the platform Democratic leaders are selling.

September 5, 2018
Rep. Keith Ellison, the vice chair of the Democratic National Committee and the party's nominee for Minnesota attorney general, has been accused by a woman who is willing to talk of physical abuse in their relationship. (Associated Press/File)

Keith Ellison is Democrat scourge after abuse reports

Rep. Keith Ellison's political future is "on the ropes" following allegations of domestic abuse that have cast a pall over the congressman's bid to become Minnesota's next attorney general and made some Democrats skittish about getting too close to him in public.

August 19, 2018