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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

House Oversight Committee member Rep. Thomas Massie, Kentucky Republican (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Thomas Massie: Donald Trump ‘burning political capital’ with attacks on conservatives

Rep. Thomas Massie isn't worried about President Trump coming after him in a primary election over his opposition to the health care bill that sputtered out last week in the House, saying the commander-in-chief is "burning political capital" by listening to members of the establishment and attacking conservatives that want to help him deliver on his promise to "drain the swamp." Published March 31, 2017

Sen. Angus King, Maine independent, speaks in Portland, Maine on Aug. 18, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Angus King: Congress must coordinate with the FBI on Mike Flynn immunity request

Sen. Angus King said Friday it is "premature" to say whether the Senate Intelligence Committee would offer Michael Flynn immunity in exchange for his testimony before the panel as part of its probe into Russia's interference in the U.S. election and possible collusion with the Donald Trump's presidential campaign. Published March 31, 2017

House Freedom Caucus Chairman Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., center, whose conservative faction of the GOP bucked the Republican health care bill, heads to caucus meeting in the basement of the Capitol before House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., announces that he is abruptly pulling their troubled health care bill off the House floor, in Washington, Friday, March 24, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Tea party group hopes Trump will ‘realize’ Freedom Caucus is his ally

The co-founder of a national tea party group said Thursday that she hopes President Trump will come to the realization that the members of the House Freedom Caucus that helped sink the GOP's health care bill last week are trying to help him deliver on a campaign promise. Published March 30, 2017

Border Patrol agent Eduardo Olmos walks near the secondary fence separating Tijuana, Mexico, background, and San Diego in San Diego in June 2016. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, an arm of the Organization of American States, has said it will fight against President Trump's immigration plans. The group has accused him of fostering an “enormous human rights crisis."

GOP says border wall funds should come from immigrants in U.S.

A group of House Republicans on Thursday introduced the first major bill to fund President Trump's border wall, saying the government could collect billions of dollars by imposing a 2 percent fee on all the money Mexicans and other immigrants send back home. Published March 30, 2017

Rep. Dave Brat, R-Va., a member of the House Freedom Caucus whose conservative GOP members derailed the Republican health care bill last week, leaves a closed-door strategy session with Speaker of the House Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., and the leadership as they try to rebuild unity within the Republican Conference, at the Capitol, in Washington, in this Tuesday, March 28, 2017, file photo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Dave Brat doesn’t take Trump’s Freedom Caucus tweet as a threat

Rep. Dave Brat of Virginia said that the health care bill that President Trump tried to push through Congress would not have fulfilled the campaign promise to "drain the swamp" that both Mr. Trump and members of the House Freedom Caucus ran on in the 2016 election. Published March 30, 2017

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Senate Intelligence Committee, finishes a television news interview on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 28, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Susan Collins: American public should be confident in Senate Intelligence Committee

Sen. Susan Collins said Thursday she is positive the American public will have confidence in the findings that come out of the Senate Intelligence Committee's investigation into Russia's alleged tampering in U.S. elections - pushing back against the notion that the best way to get to the bottom of what happened is through a special prosecutor or independent commission. Published March 30, 2017

Rep. Charlie Dent, R-Pa., a key moderate in the health care bill debate, explains why he would be voting "no" on the Obamacare replacement, Thursday, March 23, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Charlie Dent: Senate should lead Russia probe: Report

Rep. Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania said Wednesday that the Senate should take the lead in the investigation into Russia's possible interference in the U.S. election now that the House probe has become too "paralyzed." Published March 29, 2017