Seth McLaughlin

Gov. Doug Ducey is GOP’s best bet in Arizona Senate race despite opposition from Trump: Poll

Gov. Doug Ducey of Arizona could reshuffle the Arizona Senate race if he changes course and decides to give it a go, according to a new survey of registered voters that pegged him as the best bet to oust Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly in the 2022 midterm elections.

February 1, 2022

Trump makes direct-to-camera plea for Perdue in Georgia’s governor race

Former Sen. David Perdue's first television ad in his campaign for Georgia governor features former President Donald Trump calling on voters to back his bid to unseat Republican Gov. Brian Kemp.

February 1, 2022

Democrats devise plan to beat odds in midterms, hold on to House majority

Democrats won't give up their majority in the House without a fight, and they have a three-pronged strategy to upset what they say is an overconfident Republican Party in this year's midterm elections.

January 31, 2022

Biden ready for rare racial justice win with Supreme Court pick

President Biden was thrown a lifeline this week with a chance to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court, giving him a chance to make up for a string of unfulfilled promises on the racial justice front.

January 27, 2022

Sen. Mark Kelly defends Sen. Kyrsten Sinema against Arizona Democratic Party censure

Sen. Mark Kelly disagrees with the Arizona Democratic Party's decision to censure Sen. Kyrsten Sinema after she refused to change Senate rules to pass a bill to overhaul federal elections.

January 26, 2022

Democratic Senate candidates see rallying cry in campaign promise to nuke the filibuster

Supporting the elimination of the filibuster has become the new litmus test for Democrats running for U.S. Senate in battleground races across the country.

January 22, 2022

Conservative group pressures Kevin McCarthy to appear before Jan. 6 committee

A conservative anti-Trump group is launching a billboard campaign calling out House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for refusing to testify before Congress' Jan. 6 committee.

January 20, 2022

Arizona’s secretary of state race sees massive fundraising

The focus on elections in Arizona has led to an explosion in money being raised by candidates running to become the next secretary of state.

January 20, 2022

Filibuster fallout: Longtime Dem lawmaker gets hit with Sinema-infused attack from far-left rival

Sens. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin III of West Virginia are not up for reelection this year, but their political brands are getting dragged through the mud in a Democratic primary race in South Texas.

January 18, 2022

Trust erodes in everything from church to schools to the presidency during Biden’s first year

As President Biden enters his second year in office, former President Donald Trump enters his second year of forced retirement, and the coronavirus enters its third year plaguing the nation, Americans are questioning their institutions in new ways, sending academics scurrying to understand what it all means.

January 18, 2022

GOP primary candidates wrestle for Trump mantle in first volley of TV ad wars

Former President Donald Trump has emerged as the mainstay of campaign ads in the 2022 Republican primaries, with candidates battling over who is most allied with Mr. Trump and his America First agenda.

January 17, 2022

Local businesses brace for D.C. vaccine mandate

Washington businesses are bracing for Mayor Muriel Bowser's vaccine mandate that goes into effect Saturday.

January 14, 2022

Romney fumes over RNC threat to pull out of presidential debates

Sen. Mitt Romney isn't thrilled with the Republican National Committee's threat of pulling the GOP nominee for president out of future debates.

January 14, 2022

RNC threatens to pull out of presidential debates over biased moderators, diminished credibility

The Republican National Committee on Wednesday threatened to bar its presidential nominees from participating in presidential debates if the organization that sponsors the general election showdowns refused to change its partisan ways.

January 13, 2022

Graham reluctant to back McConnell as GOP Senate leader without Trump connection

Sen. Lindsey Graham says he would not support Sen. Mitch McConnell as GOP leader in the next Congress if he does not have a "working relationship with President [Donald] Trump."

January 13, 2022

Senate Republicans raised $105 million in 2021

The campaign arm of Senate Republicans announced Wednesday it raised more than $28 million in the fourth quarter of the year -- bringing its total 2021 fundraising haul to nearly $105 million.

January 12, 2022

Trump hangs up on NPR when challenged on election claims, calls Mitch McConnell a ‘loser’

Former President Donald Trump said most Republicans in the Senate are not leaning into his stolen election claims because "Mitch McConnell is a loser."

January 12, 2022

Sen. Mike Rounds: ‘More and more’ people will vouch for 2020 election results

Sen. Mike Rounds said Tuesday he expects "more and more" people to acknowledge the results of the 2020 election were fair, signaling former President Donald Trump's stolen election allegations are losing steam.

January 11, 2022

Romney defends Mike Rounds from Trump criticism

Sen. Mitt Romney rushed to defend fellow Republican Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota on Monday after former President Trump slammed "this jerk" for acknowledging the results of the 2020 election.

January 10, 2022

Cyber Ninjas hangs up the digital nunchucks after fruitless audit of Biden’s Ariz. win

The group hired to perform a controversial 'audit' of the 2020 presidential election results that favored Democrat Joe Biden in Maricopa County, Arizona, is closing down, according to published reports.

January 7, 2022