Seth McLaughlin

Donald Trump calls for temporary freeze on immigration from terrorist hotbeds

Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump promised to unilaterally enact a temporary ban on immigration from countries that have served as breeding grounds for terrorists.

June 13, 2016

Marco Rubio pressed on re-election thoughts in wake of Orlando attack

Sen. Marco Rubio deflected questions Monday about whether he would reconsider a re-election bid after an Islamic State-inspired U.S. citizen carried out the nation's worst-ever mass shooting in his home state of Florida.

June 13, 2016

Donald Trump tells Christian voters: ‘I am with you 100 percent’

Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump assured Christian conservatives Friday that he will fight for "our shared values" and warned that Hillary Clinton will push policies that ignore the "will of the people" and crush working families.

June 10, 2016

Hillary Clinton’s liberal record helps evangelicals overcome Donald Trump ‘trepidation’

Bishop Patrick Lane Wooden Sr. is not sure whether Donald Trump supports North Carolina's "bathroom law" requiring transgender residents to use the facilities of the sex they were assigned at birth, but he knows Hillary Clinton opposes the law -- and that's good enough for him to roll the dice with the presumptive Republican nominee.

June 9, 2016

Raul Labrador blames ‘establishment’ for Donald Trump’s primary win

Rep. Raul Labrador said Thursday that last-ditch efforts to derail Donald Trump from being crowned the GOP nominee will fail as long as establishment Republicans continue to refuse to embrace a conservative alternative to the New York billionaire.

June 9, 2016

Donald Trump’s teleprompter gives hope to anxious Republicans

Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump used a teleprompter yet again this week -- and managed to stay on script, raising hopes among Republicans that if he can control himself, and deliver a crisper message, he may be OK.

June 8, 2016

Donald Trump vows to make party proud in general election

Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump cast himself as an outside agent of "real change" and sought to reassure Republicans that he is prepared to lead the party into the general election fight against Hillary Clinton.

June 7, 2016

Renee Ellmers loses primary in North Carolina

Conservative groups celebrated Rep. George Holding's primary victory over Rep. Renee Ellmers in a North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District.

June 7, 2016

Donald Trump wins New Jersey primary

Donald Trump on Tuesday won the New Jersey Republican primary.

June 7, 2016

Donald Trump puts GOP on edge with ‘un-American’ remarks about Judge Gonzalo Curiel

Donald Trump ended the primary season Tuesday much as he began it: engulfed in controversy over his brash personality and controversial remarks about Mexicans.

June 7, 2016

Trouble for Donald Trump in finding a messenger to Hispanics

Donald Trump insists Hispanics love him, but there's a striking deficit of prominent Latinos willing to defend him in public.

June 2, 2016

Donald Trump in striking distance of Hillary Clinton in key states

Donald Trump has done exactly what he promised: He has scrambled the election map, putting into play states that have been out of the Republican Party's reach for a generation, but he also risks losing states that have long been GOP strongholds.

June 1, 2016

Donald Trump: Press should be ‘ashamed’ over coverage of his veterans fundraiser

Donald Trump eviscerated political reporters covering his presidential campaign Tuesday in a combative press conference, where he called television journalists "sleaze" and said the media should be ashamed for doubting his claims of raising $6 million for veterans' groups.

May 31, 2016

Donald Trump rally protests backfire as anti-American images push undecided voters his way

The ugly protest scenes outside Donald Trump's rallies are doing more damage to the protesters than to Mr. Trump's political chances, according to analysts who say the violence and anti-American sentiments are backfiring.

May 30, 2016

Marco Rubio confidantes not sold on Senate run despite GOP push

Sen. Marco Rubio cracked opened the door to running for re-election to the Senate, offering a definite "maybe" last week when asked if he'd be up for another term in the chamber he spent the last year lambasting.

May 29, 2016

Donald Trump candidacy gets tepid response from GOP incumbents

There are signs that the "ostrich effect" is spreading inside the halls of Congress, where Senate Republicans running for re-election in tight races are putting distance between themselves and Donald Trump — with some wary of even mentioning his name.

May 29, 2016

Donald Trump torpedoes talk of debate with ‘second-place’ Bernie Sanders

After some fevered speculation, presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump closed the door Friday on a one-on-one debate with Sen. Bernard Sanders ahead of the June 7 California primary, saying it would be "inappropriate" to share the stage with the loser of the Democratic primary and help networks that have not been generous to charities.

May 27, 2016

Democrats cast Trump as bigot in free sticker campaign

The campaign arm for House Democrats is dishing out free "stop bigotry" stickers to supporters in response to Donald Trump clinching the 2016 GOP presidential nomination.

May 26, 2016

Scott Walker, Wisconsin governor, defends New Mexico’s Martinez from Trump criticism

Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin went to bat for New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, praising her as a conservative reformer a day after presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump panned her record at an Albuquerque rally.

May 26, 2016

Donald Trump questions Hillary Clinton’s temperament to be president

Donald Trump said Thursday the inspector general's findings challenging claims Hillary Clinton made about the use of a secret email server is more evidence that former secretary of state lacks the "temperament" to be president.

May 26, 2016