Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell

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'YOLO McConnell': Former Senate leader votes against key Trump nominees in rare opposition

As the longest-serving Senate leader in history, Republican Mitch McConnell had a reputation for keeping his rank-and-file members in line and frustrating Democrats by relentlessly using procedural tactics to block their agenda.

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McConnell tests the strengths and limits of his power opposing a trio of Trump's Cabinet nominees

This is McConnell unplugged, three weeks into the Trump administration, and his new role as no longer the Senate GOP leader but one of 100 senators. It is testing the strength, but also the limits, of his influence on the institution, where he has been a monumental presence for nearly 40 years.

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Mitch McConnell's Full Statement on Vote Against Trump Nominee RFK Jr.

The long-time senator said Thursday that RFK Jr. had a "record of trafficking in dangerous conspiracy theories."

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Trump: Mitch McConnell wasn’t ‘equipped mentally’ to lead Republicans, let GOP ‘go to hell’

President Trump added fuel to the fire in his feud with former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, claiming the ...

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Analysis: McConnell voted against 3 Trump cabinet picks. Does it matter?

Former Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell broke ranks with Donald Trump on three controversial cabinet picks. But all three ...

Trump seems to question well-known part of Sen. Mitch McConnell's life — his childhood polio battle

President Donald Trump seems to have questioned a well-documented part of Sen. Mitch McConnell’s life — his childhood battle ...

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McConnell only Republican to vote against Gabbard

Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) on Wednesday voted against confirming former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii ...

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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.

Mitch McConnell casts only Republican vote against new intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, of Kentucky, cast the only Republican vote against the new Director of National Intelligence Tulsi ...

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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.

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"He let the Republican Party go to hell": Trump blasts McConnell after vote against RFK Jr.

The former top Senate Republican was the lone GOP vote against Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 's confirmation to lead the Department ...

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McConnell takes on a new role in the Senate: Lone wolf: From the Politics Desk

As the longest-serving Senate leader in history, McConnell developed a reputation for keeping his rank-and-file members in line and frustrating Democrats by relentlessly using procedural tactics to ...

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McConnell, once again, lone Republican against a Trump pick — RFK Jr.

Once again, Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell was the only Republican not to go the way of his party, voting no on another Trump ...

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McConnell Finally Defies Trump, Now That He’s Irrelevant

McConnell presided over a Republican Conference that specialized in disabling Democratic administrations, from its ...

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