McConnell, free from leadership constraints, bucks Trump and the evolving GOP
Sen. Mitch McConnell was a generational force for the Republican Party — using procedural tactics and political will to stymie much of former President Barack Obama’s agenda, hand President Donald Trump key first-term political victories and deliver a 6-3 conservative Supreme Court majority.
Welcome to the resistance? Mitch McConnell bucks Trump with ‘no’ votes.
Mitch McConnell is pushing back against President Trump’s most controversial nominees, becoming an unlikely — and sometimes lonely — face of Republican resistance.
After confirmation votes, Trump’s offensive against McConnell gets uglier
It seemed hard to imagine the president's relationship with the Kentucky senator getting much worse. Then Trump questioned whether McConnell had polio.
Mitch McConnell’s party of one
Mitch McConnell ran the Senate GOP. Now he’s going it alone as he wages battles against some of President Donald Trump’s highest-profile nominees. The Kentucky Republican became the only member of the Senate GOP’s 53-seat conference to oppose more than one Trump pick with his votes this week — first opposing Tulsi Gabbard’s director of national intelligence nomination on Wednesday and then Robert F.
Sen. Mitch McConnell defies Trump on nominee votes
Trump calls him “bitter,” but Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who severely criticized Trump over the Jan. 6 riot, has voted against RFK Jr, Tulsi Gabbard, and Pete Hegseth.
Mitch McConnell takes his revenge on Trump
Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) gives a thumbs up while arriving to vote on Tulsi Gabbard's nomination. Photo: Kayla Bartkowski/
McConnell emerges as Trump’s greatest GOP foe on Cabinet confirmations
Unshackled from leadership and likely to retire, McConnell is increasingly irking GOP colleagues on Trump nominees while offering Democrats welcomed surprises.
Replacing Mitch McConnell: First Republican hints at 2026 run for Senate
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell's time in the Senate could be nearing its end, and jockeying in the race to replace him has ...
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Mitch McConnell’s Desperate Bid for an Honorable Political Legacy
US Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) gives a thumbs up while arriving at the nomination of Tulsi Gabbard as President Donald ...
It's time for Mitch McConnell to retire. It's Trump's America now. | Opinion
Sen. McConnell voted against two more of President Trump's qualified cabinet secretaries. Clearly, it's time for Mitch to go.
Businessman says he won’t wait for McConnell retirement if he decides to run for Senate seat
Kentucky businessman Nate Morris said Wednesday that he is not waiting for Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to decide whether he ...
Barr says his decision to run for Senate will be 'independent' of whether McConnell runs for re-election
EXCLUSIVE: Republican Rep. Andy Barr’s decision on whether to run for U.S. Senate in Kentucky will be made "independent of the decisions that others make, including Sen. Mitch McConnell," he told Fox ...
GOP Rep. Andy Barr to run for Mitch McConnell's Senate seat, though McConnell hasn't said he's retiring
McConnell is up for reelection in 2026, and he has not said whether he plans to run again for an eighth Senate term.
After Mitch McConnell’s fall, questions raised about how KY handles a US Senate vacancy
The process for filling a vacant US Senate seat in Kentucky has changed twice in the last four years. Here’s what to know ...
Mitch McConnell votes against RFK Jr. during confirmation for Health and Human Services Secretary
McConnell's vote comes a day after he voted no on the confirmation of new National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard on Wednesday.