Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is prodding the Secret Service to keep protesters farther away from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, warning a conflict is likely unless the security perimeter is changed. “I am deeply concerned about reports that the security perimeter around the Republican Convention site in Milwaukee may be creating a likely — […]
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday mocked pro-Palestinian protesters who broke into Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall last week and made “a list of their comrades with vegan dietary restrictions.” “University administrators caving to the mob only validates the performative tactics of wannabe revolutionaries, like [those] whose first order of business upon breaking into a […]
Senate Republicans are six months away from their most favorable Election Day map in a decade, with pickup opportunities in at least a half-dozen states — including sapphire-blue Maryland. Mitch McConnell isn’t predicting a red wave ahead, though. There’s a reason for that. The minority leader is clearly wary of his party overextending itself despite […]
Asked whether he supports a federal abortion ban, US Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell said Sunday that he is “not advocating anything at this level”. The Republican, during remarks in a new interview published by NBC’s Meet the Press, stopped short of saying whether or not he supported a 15-week federal ban on abortion with […]
In a pair of interviews that aired Sunday on Face the Nation (CBS) and Meet the Press (NBC), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell expressed his views on federal abortion bans, a potential Trump endorsement, the ongoing pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson. The longest-serving Senate leader in history, McConnell, […]
Former President Donald Trump has blown up his fair share of deals on Capitol Hill, but Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says Trump’s decision to hold his tongue on a massive $95 billion foreign aid package — including critical aid for Ukraine — may have made all the difference in getting the legislation across the […]
WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday celebrated the impending passage of $60 billion in U.S. aid to Ukraine ahead of a final vote, while lamenting the fact that it took months to secure enough Republican support to land it. At a press conference, the Kentucky Republican pinpointed two men responsible for that […]
WASHINGTON ― Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) unexpectedly ripped Tucker Carlson on Tuesday, saying the far-right political commentator was to blame for Republicans souring on helping Ukraine defend itself against Russia’s invasion. Shortly after the Senate voted to advance a bipartisan bill providing billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine, McConnell was asked during […]
If you take a walk through the corridors of Capitol Hill, you’re likely to bump into a few millionaires along the way. More than half of the members of Congress have net worths over $1 million. As you might expect, many representatives and senators are active investors. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is one of […]
SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — For nearly two decades, Mitch McConnell‘s only job uncertainty hinged on whether he’d serve as Senate majority or minority leader after the next election. With his days as Republican leader now numbered, the Kentuckian is talking more freely about his priorities once he’s no longer calling the shots for his party. […]
At the University of Louisville on Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell praised freshman U.S. Sen. Katie Britt for being the perfect Republican choice to “contrast” President Joe Biden as she delivered her party’s response to the State of the Union address last month. “There is no better choice to contrast President Biden and his […]
Social media users are claiming Angela Chao, the late shipping magnate and sister-in-law of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, led the company that owns the container ship that crashed into a bridge in Baltimore, Maryland in late March 2024. This is false; Chao’s firm, Foremost Group, does not own the Dali — Singapore-based Grace Ocean […]