Skip to content
TRENDING:
Donald Trump
Advertisement

Articles by Seth McLaughlin

House Intelligence Committee member Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., center, and the committee's ranking member, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., right, listen as committee member Rep. Terri A. Sewell, D-Ala., left, questions FBI Director James B. Comey and National Security Agency Director Michael Rogers on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March 20, 2017, during the committee's hearing regarding allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Jim Himes ‘accepts’ Donald Trump’s military strike in Syria

Rep. Jim Himes, a Democratic member of the House Intelligence committee, said Friday that he "accepts" the airstrikes that President Trump ordered to be delivered against a Syrian airbase, but he has concerns about what this means for U.S. foreign policy going forward.

April 7, 2017
House Freedom Caucus Chairman Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., at the Capitol, in Washington, Tuesday, March 28, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

House conservatives prepare for upcoming fiscal fights

House conservatives say they want to see money for President Trump's border wall, a crack down on sanctuary cities and more cash for the Pentagon all tucked into an emergency spending bill Congress must pass later this month.

April 6, 2017
Rep. Devin Nunes, California Republican and chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, said lawmakers hope to get to the bottom of whether U.S. authorities were investigating Russia's atomic energy giant Rosatom at the time the U.S. government signed off on the deal. (Associated Press/File)

Devin Nunes steps aside from Russia investigation

The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee announced Thursday that he is stepping aside from the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election until he can clear himself of "baseless" ethics complaints filed against him by "left-wing activist groups."

April 6, 2017
Sen. Jeff Merkley, Oregon Democrat, called the "nuclear option" a victory for democracy four years ago. Now, with his party in the minority, he is fighting to save the Senate power of the filibuster. (Associated Press)

‘Nuclear option’ views opposite for senators after 4 years

When Sen. Jeff Merkley arrived in Congress in 2009, one of his first crusades was to curtail the power of the filibuster, which he thought was halting much of Democrats' wish list under President Obama. Fast-forward to this year and Mr. Merkley is again on a crusade -- this time to save the filibuster from Republicans, who are looking to finish what Democrats started and eviscerate the 60-vote blockade of Supreme Court nominees.

April 5, 2017
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 30, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Paul Ryan: Revived health care talks still in ‘conceptual stage’

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said Tuesday his GOP troops are having constructive talks on reviving the stalled effort to repeal and replace Obamacare, though cautioned they were still in the "conceptual" stage and hadn't reached an agreement on the thorny issue.

April 4, 2017