Seth McLaughlin

Chris Christie left on outside looking in as Donald Trump fills out Cabinet

Chris Christie endorsed Donald Trump's presidential bid before Ben Carson, Rep. Tom Price and nearly everyone else -- but 10 months later, the New Jersey governor is still on the outside looking in as the president-elect fills out his Cabinet.

December 8, 2016

Keith Ellison’s past views on race praised by white nationalist

The leader of a white nationalist group is celebrating Rep. Keith Ellison's past views on race, saying the front-runner to become the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee was spot-on more than two decades ago when he wrote about the separation of races.

December 8, 2016

Rob Wittman opts against Va. gubernatorial bid, plans to stay in the House

Rep. Rob Wittman announced Thursday he will not run next year to be the next governor of Virginia and instead will remain in the House.

December 8, 2016

Keith Ellison wins AFL-CIO endorsement

The AFL-CIO on Thursday endorsed Rep. Keith Ellison's bid to become the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

December 8, 2016

Keith Ellison says he will leave Congress if elected DNC chair

Rep. Keith Ellison declared publicly Wednesday something that he had shared in secret weeks ago: he will leave Congress if he wins the race to be the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

December 7, 2016

Bill de Blasio: New York City taxpayers should not be saddled with cost of Trump security

The beef over the cost of keep President-elect Donald Trump safe in New York is escalating.

December 7, 2016

Keith Ellison privately vows to relinquish seat in Congress in bid for DNC chairmanship

Rep. Keith Ellison has quietly promised labor leaders that he would give up his seat in Congress in order to win the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee, putting himself out on a limb for the top party job.

December 6, 2016

John Koskinen, IRS commissioner, spared impeachment by House Republicans

Republican leaders managed to derail impeachment of IRS Commissioner John Koskinen on Tuesday, forcing the debate back to a committee for more study, where it will die when Congress adjourns at the end of this year.

December 6, 2016

Ray Buckley, top Democrat in New Hampshire, makes bid to be DNC chair

In his quest to be the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee, New Hampshire's Democratic Party chairman is touting his state's success in fending off the GOP as proof he's best equipped to lead his party back to winning at the national level.

December 5, 2016

Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees aided by Harry Reid’s filibuster ‘nuclear option’

Democrats are increasingly antsy over the lineup President-elect Donald Trump has announced for his Cabinet, but they are also powerless to do very much to stop him -- thanks to their own leader, Sen. Harry Reid.

December 4, 2016

Howard Dean ends bid to return as DNC chair: Report

Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean said Friday that he is no longer seeking to become the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

December 2, 2016

James Mattis to be defense secretary, Trump says

As he kicked off this thank-you tour in Cincinnati, Ohio, President-elect Donald Trump announced -- sort of -- that he was naming U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis as defense secretary. But he told the crowd and the TV cameras not to let it out of the room.

December 1, 2016

James Mattis to be named as Trump’s defense secretary: Report

As he kicked off this thank-you tour in Cincinnati, Ohio, President-elect Donald Trump announced -- sort of -- that he was naming U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis as defense secretary.

December 1, 2016

House Democrats change caucus rules in attempt to quell disgruntled lawmakers

House Democrats on Thursday changed the rules governing their caucus in an attempt to assuage rank-and-file members that tried -- and failed -- to remove Nancy Pelosi this week as their leader in the lower chamber.

December 1, 2016

Donald Trump promises ‘consequences’ for companies that ship jobs out of U.S.

President-elect Donald Trump urged his supporters Thursday to be the "agents of change" and to keep the pressure on elected leaders in Washington to make sure they deliver on the promises that he laid out in his victory over Hillary Clinton in the presidential race.

December 1, 2016

Democrats ‘doubled down on the status quo’ with Nancy Pelosi: RNC

The Republican National Committee said the return of Nancy Pelosi as leader of House Democrats exposes the tone deafness of her party.

November 30, 2016

Nancy Pelosi re-elected as leader of House Democrats

House Democrats renewed Rep. Nancy Pelosi's lease on power Wednesday, voting to keep her as party leader and insisting she bears no blame for her party's staggering electoral losses over the past six years.

November 30, 2016

Tim Ryan snags endorsements in bid to replace Nancy Pelosi as top House Democrat

A couple of young House lawmakers Tuesday endorsed Rep. Tim Ryan's bid to become minority leader in the House in the new Congress -- giving a boost to the Ohio Democrat's long-shot bid to strip Rep. Nancy Pelosi of the top post in the House Democratic caucus.

November 29, 2016

Donald Trump’s property security unprecedented

Donald Trump's win in the presidential election is causing some heartburn for New Yorkers and headaches for law enforcement officials trying to balance how best to protect the president-elect and his iconic properties from attacks without placing an undue burden on city residents and businesses.

November 27, 2016

Democratic National Committee hopeful Keith Ellison’s says DNC must fight for the working class

For Rep. Keith Ellison, what ails the Democratic Party isn't its policies or its people but math.

November 24, 2016