Seth McLaughlin

Shovel-ready presidential campaign? Buttigieg 2024 buzz grows amid Biden doubts

Serving as secretary of transportation has not been a springboard to the presidency, but that could change if the chips fall right for Pete Buttigieg.

March 31, 2022

Trump bests Biden, Harris in hypothetical 2024 matchups

Former President Donald Trump is outperforming President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in hypothetical showdowns for 2024.

March 30, 2022

Biden’s approval rating drops to new low in Arizona

President Biden's approval rating has sunk to a new low among registered voters in Arizona, setting off alarm bells for Democrats running for election there this fall.

March 30, 2022

Iowa Dems fight to keep caucus first in nation, party eyes more ‘diversity’ in kickoff primary

The Democratic National Committee's flirtation with creating a new nomination calendar is facing stiff resistance in Iowa, where Democrats are bracing for a fierce battle over its first-in-the-nation status.

March 30, 2022

GOP Senate candidate Josh Mandel tests the limits of tough-guy imagery in Ohio

Josh Mandel is leaning into the idea Republican voters in Ohio are itching to send a fighter in the U.S. Senate, so much so that he nearly ended up in a scrap on stage with fellow candidate Mike Gibbons, who is 25 years his senior.

March 25, 2022

Marjorie Taylor Greene hammers Washington as ‘disconnected from real Americans’

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has yelled at President Biden at the State of the Union, shot a rifle at a car stamped with 'SOCIALISM' on its side and racked up thousands of dollars in fines protesting a COVID-19 mask mandate in the House.

March 23, 2022

Dems lean into race, diversity to build what activists call a ‘new American majority coalition’

President Biden's history-making nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court set a new marker in the Democrats' pursuit of diversity politics that now permeates the party's agenda.

March 21, 2022

Republicans to question Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s judicial philosophy

Sen. John Barrasso said Sunday that Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer's praise of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is giving him reservations about supporting her nomination to the Supreme Court.

March 20, 2022

McConnell: Most Republicans back aid to Ukraine, dismisses GOP critics as ‘lonely voices’

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made it clear Sunday that he is confident most Republicans do not share Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's view that the United States should not be sending more military aid to Ukraine and that its war with Russia cannot be won.

March 20, 2022

Dr. Fauci doubts latest COVID-19 strain will lead to surge in cases

Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday the latest COVID-19 variant spreading across the United States is more transmissible than its predecessors but does not appear to be "more severe" and should not prompt renewed restrictions.

March 20, 2022

Barrasso: Democrats have ‘very big problem’ with inflation, gasoline prices

Sen. John Barrasso said Sunday that President Biden and Democrats are scrambling to find a scapegoat for rising inflation and gasoline prices.

March 20, 2022

Durbin hits GOP criticism of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Richard J. Durbin defended Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson against criticism that she has been lenient toward sex offenders.

March 20, 2022

Durbin says it’s wrong to blame Biden for inflation

Sen. Richard J. Durbin said Sunday it is "completely wrong" for Republicans to blame President Biden for rising inflation.

March 20, 2022

Marjorie Taylor Greene warns Ukraine ‘cannot possibly win,’ calls for peace deal with Russia

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is distancing herself from most of her colleagues on Capitol Hill by warning Ukraine cannot win the war with Russia, and she opposes sending more arms that will only cause more suffering and a bigger refugee crisis.

March 18, 2022

Timken pledges to be ‘Trump tough’ on illegal immigration

Former Ohio GOP Chair Jane Timken is vowing to be "Trump tough" on illegal immigration and drug smugglers in a new ad for her U.S. Senate campaign.

March 15, 2022

Seventeen GOP lawmakers sue CDC over mask mandates on flights

Seventeen Republicans have filed a lawsuit against the Center for Disease Control and Prevention demanding an end to mask mandates on flights.

March 14, 2022

Republicans raise questions about U.S. release of Russian cybercriminal

The top Republicans on four House committees are questioning the Biden administration's decision to "prematurely release" a Russian cybercriminal, raising concerns that "he may now be working against U.S. interests."

March 14, 2022

Iowa may be loser as Democrats weigh shaking up 2024 nominating calendar

The Democratic National Committee is considering a resolution at its winter meeting now underway that would shake up the presidential nomination process ahead of the 2024 election.

March 11, 2022

Biden seeks to boost spirits of DNC at winter meeting ahead of midterms

President Biden looked to rally his troops Thursday at the Democratic National Committee's winter meeting in Washington, saying the party has a lot to be "proud of" heading into the midterm elections this fall.

March 10, 2022

Pennsylvania’s Conor Lamb hypes electability in first Senate campaign ad

Rep. Conor Lamb is playing the electability card in the first television ad for his U.S. Senate campaign in the swing state of Pennsylvania.

March 10, 2022