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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

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson speaks in his home in Upperco, Md. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Ben Carson calls for 14.9 percent flat tax

GOP presidential contender Ben Carson detailed his plan Monday to overhaul the federal tax code, calling for it to be scrapped in favor of a 14.9 percent flat tax on individual and business income. Published January 4, 2016

Donald Trump is fighting to keep his place at the top of the polls in New Hampshire. This week, he laid into New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for embracing President Obama in 2012 in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump, 2016 Republican rivals picking fights, alliances to survive

It's the price of success this primary season: As New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie surges in the polls in New Hampshire's Republican presidential primary, he has drawn the attention of front-runner Donald Trump, who has started aiming some well-placed barbs accusing Mr. Christie of being a party turncoat. Published December 31, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush takes a photo with a Forum Club attendee at the Forum Club of the Palm Beaches on Monday, Dec. 28, 2015, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (Maria Lorenzino/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP) ** FILE **

Jeb Bush beefing up ground forces in early-primary states: Report

Republican presidential contender Jeb Bush is rejiggering his approach to the 2016 presidential race, shifting resources away from television advertising and toward beef up its ground troops in the key early primary states, according to the The Des Moines Register. Published December 30, 2015

**FILE** President Obama (right) and Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney exchange views during the second presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., on Oct. 16, 2012. (Associated Press)

Republicans applying 2012 lessons to 2016 race

Shrinking the primary season -- beginning it later and ending it earlier -- was one of the more than 200 recommendations for how the party could right itself in the wake of Mitt Romney's loss to President Obama. Published December 29, 2015

"Sen. [Rand] Paul and Sen. [Ted] Cruz are both isolationist," Sen. Lindsey Graham said, arguing that the United States should go after ISIS in Iraq and Syria and reinstate the NSA's controversial bulk metadata program. (Associated Press)

Lindsey Graham drops out of presidential race

Sen. Lindsey Graham is the latest GOP presidential candidate to fall, ending his campaign Monday after he failed to win public support among Republican primary voters for a more hawkish foreign policy abroad and a more liberal approach to global warming and immigration back at home. Published December 21, 2015

"People like what I say, people respect what I say," Donald Trump said, kicking off the prime-time debate in Las Vegas, sponsored by CNN. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump defends Muslim ban as security dominates Republican debate

Donald Trump defended his call for a halt on Muslim visitors to the U.S., taking credit for having ignited a needed conversation over the roots of terrorism, as he and the rest of the Republican presidential field faced off Tuesday in their final debate of the year with fear of another terrorist attack growing among the electorate. Published December 15, 2015

GOP presidential contender Donald Trump laughed off the idea Tuesday that former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is a "tough guy" in a testy exchange between the rivals in the GOP presidential debate. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump mocks ‘tough guy’ Jeb Bush

GOP presidential contender Donald Trump laughed off the idea Tuesday that former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is a "tough guy" in a testy exchange between the rivals in the GOP presidential debate. Published December 15, 2015

"We have to have a more realistic foreign policy and not a utopian one where we say, 'Oh, we are going to spread freedom and democracy and everybody in the Middle East is going to love us.' They are not going to love us," said Sen. Rand Paul. (Associated Press)

Rand Paul warns against toppling Syria’s Bashar Assad

GOP presidential contender Rand Paul distanced himself from several of his rivals Tuesday by warning against the United States pushing to militarily topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Published December 15, 2015

Marco Rubio speaks during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Venetian Hotel & Casino on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Ted Cruz vs. Marco Rubio becomes key dynamic in race during GOP debate

The GOP presidential field wrestled over the issue of the nation's surveillance programs, with Sens. Ted Cruz defending his opposition to the bulk collection of telephone data under the Patriot Act against charges that his stance left the nation less safe. Published December 15, 2015

"Sen. [Rand] Paul and Sen. [Ted] Cruz are both isolationist," Sen. Lindsey Graham said, arguing that the United States should go after ISIS in Iraq and Syria and reinstate the NSA's controversial bulk metadata program. (Associated Press)

Lindsey Graham says Ted Cruz, Rand Paul are ‘isolationists’

GOP presidential contender Lindsey Graham said Tuesday he has been calling for more American combat troops to be sent into the Middle East to destroy the Islamic State before it was the hip thing to do in the GOP presidential race and criticized fellow Sens. Rand Paul and Ted Cruz for not echoing that sentiment. Published December 15, 2015