Topline Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was discharged from the hospital Monday following injuries he received during a fall at a D.C. hotel Wednesday night, according to his spokesman,...
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McConnell ‘Eager’ For Return After Concussion
Topline Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is “doing well” and “eager” to leave a Washington D.C. area hospital after suffering a concussion at a dinner event earlier this week, an advisor...
McConnell Suffered Concussion After D.C. Fall—Will Stay Hospitalized A ‘Few’ Days, Spokesman Says
Topline Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) suffered a concussion during a fall at a D.C. hotel Wednesday night that will require him to remain in the hospital “for a few days of observatio...
Sen. Mitch McConnell Hospitalized After Falling At Washington Hotel
Topline Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was hospitalized on Wednesday after he suffered a fall during a private dinner at a hotel in Washington D.C. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConne...
Tucker Carlson Blasts McConnell And GOP Senators For Criticizing Jan. 6 Tapes: ‘Illusion Of Partisanship’
Topline Hard-right Fox News host Tucker Carlson fired back Tuesday at a series of Republican senators who criticized his misleading release of January 6 video footage downplaying the severity of the r...
Capitol Police Chief Condemns Tucker Carlson’s January 6 Segment As ‘Offensive And Misleading’—With Support From McConnell
Topline Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger tore into Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a letter to the police force on Tuesday, a day after Carlson downplayed the January 6 Capitol riot, calling the dep...
McConnell Says It’s McCarthy’s Job To Reach Debt Ceiling Deal
Topline Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told reporters Tuesday he plans to take a hands-off approach to overcoming the standoff between the White House and Congressional Republicans ove...
McConnell Blames Trump For ‘Candidate Quality’ Problems In Disappointing Midterms
Topline Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) pointed the finger Tuesday at former President Donald Trump for poor Republican midterm election results, saying Trump “proved to be very d...
Capitol Police Officers Snub McConnell And McCarthy In Jan. 6 Medal Ceremony
Topline A group of police officers who responded to the January 6 Capitol insurrection, and the family members of one officer who died after the riot, refused to shake hands with Senate Minority Leade...
McConnell Suggests Trump’s Reelection ‘Highly Unlikely’ After Meeting With White Supremacist Nick Fuentes
Topline Former President Donald Trump is “highly unlikely” to win a second term in the White House after he controversially met with Kanye West and white supremacist political activist Nick Fuentes, S...
Mitch McConnell Reelected GOP Senate Leader—Surviving Hard-Right Challenge
Topline Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) will serve another two years as the top Senate Republican after staving off a late challenge from Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), as GOP leaders face b...
Rick Scott To Challenge Mitch McConnell As Senate Republican Leader
Topline Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) told fellow Republican senators Tuesday he will run against Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in Wednesday’s election for GOP Senate leader, in the ...
Trump Attacks McConnell For Republican Midterm Losses In Latest Push For GOP Leader’s Ouster
Topline Former President Donald Trump assailed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell following Republicans’ failure to win control of the Senate, accusing McConnell in a series of Truth Social posts ...
Alaska GOP Censures McConnell For ‘Divisive’ Attack Ads Against Trump-Backed Senate Candidate Tshibaka
Topline Alaska’s Republican Party voted Monday night to censure Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for backing a series of attack ads against Trump-endorsed Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka...
Senate Republicans Would Pay A High Price To Shut Down The Government To Fight Against Covid Relief Or Manchin’s Energy Provisions Or Liberalizing Medicaid Abortions For Poor Women
To avoid a government shutdown at the end of this month, Congress must pass the continuing resolution (CR) which funds the government. It takes 60 Senate votes for cloture on the CR. A united Senate R...
Biden May Soon Nominate An Anti-Abortion Federal Judge — To Appease Mitch McConnell
Topline President Joe Biden may soon appoint an anti-abortion judge to the federal bench as part of a broader deal with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)—despite Democrats in the state ca...
Russia Targets First Lady Jill Biden, Daughter Ashley And Mitch McConnell In Latest Sanctions Wave
Topline Russia on Tuesday announced a series of sanctions targeting 25 prominent Americans including the family of President Joe Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell , a retaliatory step a...
McConnell Supports Bipartisan Gun Control Deal
Topline Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told reporters Tuesday he supports the gun control deal struck by members of both parties last weekend, a key endorsement as senators race to tur...
McConnell Makes Secret Trip To Ukraine With Delegation Of Republican Senators
Topline Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) led a delegation of Republican senators to Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday, making them the latest group of ...
McConnell Reportedly Goads Trump By Gifting Senators ‘Old Crow’ Bourbon
Topline Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) seems to be taking the “old crow” nickname former President Donald Trump has bestowed on him in stride, gifting fellow Republican senators with b...
McConnell Said Trump ‘Totally Discredited Himself’ During January 6 Riot, Book Claims
Topline Following the January 6 Capitol riot, then Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said he believed Donald Trump had “finally, totally discredited himself” and suggested Trump might be ...
McConnell Says He Won’t Support Ketanji Brown Jackson For Supreme Court
Topline Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Thursday he will not vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, as Republicans largely voice opposition to President Joe Bi...
McConnell Urges Biden To Send More Aid To Ukraine Amid Russian Invasion
Follow real-time updates on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell(R-KY) speaks during a news conference to announce … [+] that the Senate is consi...
McConnell Defends Biden’s Move To Nominate Black Woman To Supreme Court—Breaking With Some GOP Senators
Topline Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday he finds nothing wrong with President Joe Biden’s pledge to nominate a Black woman to fill an upcoming open seat on the Suprem...
House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy Says McConnell Right To Call Jan. 6 ‘Violent Insurrection’
Topline House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Wednesday he agrees with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) description of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol as ...
McConnell Says Comment Suggesting Black Voters Aren’t ‘Americans’ Was Accidental
Topline Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Friday defended himself over comments that seemed to suggest Black voters are not Americans, following massive social media backlash the senat...