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Seth McLaughlin

Seth McLaughlin, a reporter on the Politics Desk, can be reached at smclaughlin@washingtontimes.com. Follow him on Twitter: @SethMcLaughlin1

Articles by Seth McLaughlin

In this Dec. 10, 2017, photo, Doug Jones speaks during a campaign rally in Birmingham, Ala. Jones, a Democrat who once prosecuted two Ku Klux Klansmen in a deadly church bombing and has now broken the Republican lock grip on Alabama, is the state’s new U.S. senator.(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Doug Jones quietly fulfills campaign promises in Senate

When Doug Jones won his seat in last year's Senate special election in Alabama, fellow Sen. Joe Manchin embraced him as a member of the "radical middle" in Congress, predicting he'd cross party lines to get things done. Published May 3, 2018

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., tells reporters that the work of special counsel Robert Mueller must continue as President Donald Trump suggests firing him while investigating potential ties between Russia and Trump's 2016 campaign, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 12, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

GOP welcomes Nancy Pelosi’s desire to regain House gavel

Republicans are happy to hear that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi envisions sticking around after the 2018 election, signaling they believe that her hopes of winning back the speakership will help energize GOP voters in the fall. Published May 2, 2018

U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., addresses the audience at John Jay College of Criminal Justice during a bill signing ceremony by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo that removes guns from domestic abusers, Tuesday, May 1, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Nancy Pelosi to run for speaker when Democrats win House in 2018

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi predicted Tuesday that Democrats will win back the House in the midterm elections and she will run for speaker, adding another wrinkle to the speculation over the California Democrat's political future. Published May 1, 2018

FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2018 file photo, U.S. Senate candidate Luke Messer speaks during the Indiana Republican Senate Primary Debate in Indianapolis. As the bitter campaign between Messer, Mike Braun, and Todd Rokita slogs on some Republicans worry that whoever emerges from the May 8 contest could be so wounded that their chances of taking down one of most vulnerable Democrats are slipping away. (Michelle Pemberton /The Indianapolis Star via AP, File) **FILE**

Indiana Republican Senate candidates trading punches to very end

The GOP Senate race in Indiana started off ugly and is ending in similar fashion, with the candidates trading barbs -- in one case symbolic punches -- over everything from where they live to drunken rap sheets to their fidelity to President Trump. Published April 29, 2018

President Trump is shown here in this undated file photo with RNC Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel. (Associated Press/File) **FILE**

Donald Trump support no requirement for RNC campaign funds

National Republicans won't demand that candidates declare allegiance to President Trump in order to get financial backing this year, the party's main political committees tell The Washington Times. Published April 25, 2018

In this May 19, 2017, file photo, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures to supporters outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he has been in self-imposed exile since 2012. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

DNC: Fundraising woes tied to 2016 conspiracy

The Democratic National Committee, in a lawsuit filed Friday, blamed the party's fundraising woes during the 2016 presidential race on an nefarious plot, engineered by the Trump campaign, Russian officials and WikiLeaks, to disrupt the election. Published April 20, 2018