In the end, the Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary on a nearly party-line vote.

For RFK to disavow all of his vaccine antagonism, he would essentially have to abandon his prima facie skepticism toward ...

Sen. McConnell voted against two more of President Trump's qualified cabinet secretaries. Clearly, it's time for Mitch to go.

US Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) gives a thumbs up while arriving at the nomination of Tulsi Gabbard as President Donald ...

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 ...

A survivor of childhood polio, Sen. Mitch McConnell was the only Republican in the Senate to vote No. Here's how he explained his vote.

Mitch McConnell’s D.C. office never answers—a recording refers you to a form on his website. In the Lexington office people rarely pick up the phone either, though you are able to leave ...

Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has voted against three of President Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees—Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and ...

Republican gains in voter registration are raising red flags for Democrats in key states, underscoring the inroads the GOP made across the country in 2024. The latest shifts, following eroding ...

WASHINGTON – Some Congressional Democrats say they are open to shutting down the federal government in March over the Trump administration's moves to dismantle government programs and agencies.

Democrats have been powerless as they’ve watched President Donald Trump systematically move to dismantle federal agencies and push the bounds of his office with little concern about the fallout.

Two Democratic senators from New Jersey, Cory Booker and Andy Kim, said Democrats should not vote for a spending package that would affirm President Trump’s agenda in gutting federal agencies.