Tag: Mitch McConnell

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao arrives before President Donald Trump speaks before signing a trade agreement with Japan in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, Oct. 7, 2019.

Washington Secrets

Allies of Transportation’s Elaine Chao rip New York Times ‘partisan harassment’

Paul Bedard · October 17, 2019 8:11 pm

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said Friday that told EPA head Gina McCarthy that the "war on coal" needs to stop. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Energy and Environment

3 Democrats help sink Chuck Schumer effort to kill EPA repeal of Obama power rule

Abby Smith · October 17, 2019 5:10 pm

McConnell: Trump to face Senate trial if impeached

David M. Drucker · October 16, 2019 10:10 pm

Impeachment gets real: Mitch McConnell gives Senate Republicans private tutorial on how to put Trump on trial

Susan Ferrechio · October 16, 2019 8:26 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he didn't agree with Trump's comments, but avoided saying whether he thought the comments were racist. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

‘Sanctions aren’t going to do any good’: Senate GOP blasts Trump’s Turkey strategy

David M. Drucker · October 16, 2019 7:47 pm

McConnell pushed back against a suggestion that his unpopularity among some conservatives was putting Republican fortunes at risk. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Mitch McConnell allies gird to defend Senate majority amid impeachment uncertainty

David M. Drucker · October 15, 2019 11:01 pm

Democrat calls for investigation into Elaine Chao after Mitch McConnell campaign boasts Kentucky ties

Madison Dibble · October 15, 2019 3:48 pm

National Security

'Gravely concerned': Mitch McConnell slams Trump's Syria troop withdrawal

Daniel Chaitin · October 14, 2019 5:13 pm

President Donald Trump, joined by, from left, Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, speaks to the media during a briefing with senior military leaders in the Cabinet Room at the White House.

National Security

‘Disaster in the making’: Congress comes together in opposition to Trump’s Syria withdrawal

Jamie McIntyre · October 8, 2019 3:28 pm

McConnell warns Trump that most of Senate opposes Syria troop withdrawal

Susan Ferrechio · October 7, 2019 6:55 pm

‘Nancy Pelosi’s in the clutches of a left-wing mob’: McConnell vows to stop impeachment

Ellie Bufkin · October 5, 2019 10:18 pm

President Donald Trump, shakes hands with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., during a tax bill passage event on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017.

GOP leadership breaks with Trump to condemn communist Chinese regime on 70th anniversary

Mike Brest · October 1, 2019 8:21 pm