No longer in charge, Sen. Mitch McConnell has been speaking his mind. The long-serving former Republican leader rejected ...

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The Senate voted Wednesday to confirm former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence, a major win ...

Senators vote in favour of Donald Trump's controversial pick Robert F Kennedy Jr, who has expressed vaccine sceptical views in the past.

While some moderate Republicans, such as Senators Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins, voted with McConnell against Hegseth, most Republicans have backed Trump's picks. Despite McConnell's votes, no ...

After January 6, the Kentucky senator passed on the opportunity to potentially bar the impeached ex-president from returning to office. Now we’re all paying the price.

It’s the latest rhetorical assault from the president on the former GOP leader, who has voted against three of his ...

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 ...

Since his inauguration, the U.S. Senate has confirmed 16 high profile members of President Donald Trump's second ...

Mitch McConnell is pushing back against President Trump’s most controversial nominees, becoming an unlikely — and sometimes lonely — face of Republican resistance.

Voters and pundits took to social media Thursday to express their rage over Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) finally standing up ...

RFK Jr. will become Trump's health secretary, after winning over some GOP senators wary of his anti-vaccine views.