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Articles by Seth McLaughlin

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., listen to the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Trump surge traps Democrats in ‘resistance’

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was an island unto herself on Tuesday, sticking out sorely as she stood and clapped for President Trump's call to respect the national anthem.

January 31, 2018
Conor Lamb, a Democratic candidate for the 18th Congressional District in Pennsylvania, is shown here. Image via his official campaign website (ConorLamb.com)

GOP trying to sink Conor Lamb with Pelosi attack

Republicans are hoping that distaste for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will once again help them defend a congressional seat -- this time in western Pennsylvania, where the party and allied super PACs are warning voters that Democrat Conor Lamb's opposition to the Trump tax cuts shows he will join the Californian's "liberal flock."

January 31, 2018
Rep. Joe Kennedy, D-Mass., smiles on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Joe Kennedy III shiny lips light up Twitter

Sen. Marco Rubio's 2013 response to the State of the Union is remembered for the Florida Republican's need to take a swig of water, while then-Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine's 2006 rebuttal is remembered for his jumpy eyebrow.

January 30, 2018
FILE — In this July 26, 2017, file photo, Rep. Joe Kennedy, D-Mass., smiles on Capitol Hill in Washington. Kennedy, grandson of Robert F. Kennedy, will give the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Joe Kennedy III to deliver State of the Union response speech

Democrats looking to rebuild President Obama's election-winning hope-and-change coalition of women and minorities have chosen a white guy named Kennedy to deliver their chief response to President Trump's State of the Union.

January 29, 2018
In this April 7, 2017, file photo, U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., arrives for the confirmation vote for Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Joe Donnelly, a Democrat, dinged over Chuck Schumer fundraiser

Sen. Joe Donnelly's rivals are taking aim at him over news reports indicating the Indiana Democrat is set to attend a fundraiser this weekend headlined by Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, who Republicans have blamed for orchestrating the recent government shutdown.

January 26, 2018