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...
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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...
How The Intra-GOP War Over Jan. 6. Breaks Down
Topline The top two GOP leaders in Congress have found themselves on opposing sides of the debate over Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s downplaying of the January 6 Capitol riots—underscoring the divide...
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...
Donald Trump’s ‘Digital Trading Cards’ Sold Out In One Day — Netting $4.4 Million
Topline Former President Donald Trump’s line of digital trading cards sold out in a day, netting millions despite the massive ongoing slump in nonfungible tokens and cryptocurrency and a fair bit of m...
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...
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 ...
Is The Debt Ceiling The Only Remaining Institution Capable Of Shrinking The Federal Government?
Even before the pandemic episode, spending on debt service threatened to rival the entire federal defense budget. WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 25: U.S. President Joe Biden listens as Communications Wor...
Here’s What Biden Might Do
Topline With President Joe Biden set to make a much anticipated decision on forgiving federal student loan debt in the coming days, here’s a timeline of what to expect, how much borrowers may get in 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...
GOP-Run States Push New Abortion Restrictions After Supreme Court Strikes Down Roe
Topline Within hours of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, some Republicans began pushing for new abortion restrictions, possibly adding to over a dozen states already on track to b...
CEOs of GM, Ford and others urge Congress to lift EV tax credit cap
The all-electric Chevrolet Silverado at the New York Auto Show, April 13, 2022. Scott Mlyn | CNBC DETROIT – The CEOs of General Motors, Ford Motor, Chrysler parent Stellantis and Toyota Motor North Am...
Senators Unveil Bipartisan Gun Deal—Here’s What’s In It
Topline A bipartisan group of 20 senators struck a deal Sunday on gun control legislation, including strengthening background checks and boosting red flag laws—a major breakthrough following weeks of ...
Senators Reportedly Planning To Unveil Bipartisan Deal On Gun Background Checks, Red Flag Funding Today
Topline A bipartisan group of senators aims to announce an initial agreement on gun control legislation—including strengthening background checks and boosting fed flag laws—as early as Sunday, CNN and...
U.S. House votes to raise age to buy an assault rifle to 21
The House on Wednesday passed a sweeping gun bill that would raise the minimum age to purchase an assault rifle in the U.S. from 18 to 21, even though the legislation doesn’t stand much of a cha...
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 ...
Republicans Have Already Started Attacking Biden’s Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson
Topline A number of Republican lawmakers and officials swiftly criticized President Joe Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Friday, painting the D.C. Circuit Cour...
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 ...