The president’s team is betting that the cult of his personality and the power of his prolific Twitter feed will be enough to keep senators on his side. Sitting inside the White House, Mitch McConnell gave Donald Trump some straightforward advice: Stop attacking senators — including Mitt Romney — who …
How the big one could go down. If you have seen the 1995 movie Casino, the fate of Joe Pesci’s character gives a fairly good sense of how Donald Trump might eventually be impeached and removed from office. If you haven’t seen Casino, Pesci’s character, Nicky Santoro, is basically the same as his GoodFellas character: a …
Mitch McConnell made it clear Monday that if the House impeaches President Trump, a trial in the Senate is unavoidable. But how the Senate majority leader proceeds from there is far less known. Should the impeachment spotlight turn to the Senate in the coming weeks, McConnell — who faces a …
Democrats have been trying to pressure Mitch McConnell to take up election security measures that passed out of the House of Representatives earlier this year, but the Senate majority leader has shown little willingness to do so. In his home state of Kentucky, McConnell has been dogged by protesters calling …
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Source: Mitch McConnell
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was briefly hospitalized after suffering a fractured shoulder from a fall outside his home in Louisville on Sunday, his office said in a statement. “This morning, Leader McConnell tripped at home on his outside patio and suffered a fractured shoulder. He has been treated, …
Senate GOP leader speaks at event in home state of Kentucky ‘Moscow Mitch’ taunts follow McConnell on trip from Washington Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told a crowd in his home state of Kentucky that he “saved the Supreme Court for a generation” by blocking President Barack Obama’s nominees ahead …
“Moscow Mitch” was red hot. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, on the Senate floor Monday, denounced critics (including me) who say his recent blocking of efforts to fortify defenses against another Russian attack on U.S. elections are aiding and abetting Vladimir Putin. “For decades, I have used my Senate seat to stand …
Source: Mitch McConnell
Source: Mitch McConnell
WASHINGTON — Senator Mitch McConnell is usually impervious to criticism, even celebrating the nasty nicknames critics bestow on him. But Mr. McConnell, the Senate majority leader, is incensed by the name “Moscow Mitch,” and even more miffed that he has been called a “Russian asset” by critics who accuse him …
On May 21st, four commissioners who compose the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (E.A.C.) were asked to attest, in Congress, that they agreed with the findings of the special counsel Robert Mueller that Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. election. It was a strange and oddly suspenseful moment in what might have been a routine oversight …