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 ...
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 with polio.
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Mitch McConnell, 82, Falls Down Stairs Moments After Voting to Confirm a Member of Trump's Cabinet
reportedly tumbled on Senate steps on Feb. 5 following the confirmation of new HUD Secretary Scott Turner Moments after Mitch McConnell voted to confirm President Donald Trump's pick for HUD ...
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McConnell in wheelchair after fall outside Senate chamber
Sen. Mitch McConnell fell outside the Senate chamber Wednesday, the latest in a series of health scares for the former majority leader. The 82-year-old Kentucky Republican, who stepped down from ...
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After Mitch McConnell’s fall, questions raised about how KY handles a US Senate vacancy
Mitch McConnell fell down the stairs in the United ... That was the law for Senate vacancies until 2024, when it was changed once more. House Bill 622, sponsored by House GOP Floor Leader ...
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Behind Mitch McConnell's Supreme Court engineering
Mitch McConnell's impact ... the Senate was the same as that in White House. "There's nothing unconstitutional about it. It doesn't break any rules," McConnell told Stahl. "The majority ...
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McConnell slips and falls outside Senate Chamber
Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) slipped and fell on the stairs leaving the Senate Chamber on Wednesday afternoon, prompting concerned aides to rush to help the 82-year-old ...
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Running for McConnell’s seat? Dem House leader files to raise money for 2026 race
Hermens [email protected] Kentucky’s top House Democrat could soon be ... to take a shot at the seat currently held by Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-KY. Though she has not begun a campaign ...
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In ’60 Minutes’ interview, Mitch McConnell criticizes Trump on tariffs, mum on RFK Jr.
Mitch McConnell said on Sunday that President Donald Trump’s tariffs on foreign allies were a bad idea, but said he supports most of what this administration wants to accomplish. “It will ...
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McConnell: Trump tariffs ‘will drive the cost of everything up’
Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is warning that President Trump’s 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico “will drive the cost of everything up” and wondering ...
Kentucky has a new law on filling US Senate vacancies. Here's how it works
Sen. Mitch McConnell has said he will finish his term, but his fall Wednesday sparked questions about the process for filling a vacant seat.
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 ...