Tag: Mitch McConnell

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., left, and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks with reporters following their weekly policy meetings.

Republicans escape primary season without a Roy Moore repeat

Al Weaver · September 1, 2018 4:00 am

Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a ceremony for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., as he lies in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol.

Pence: ‘We will ever remember’ that McCain ‘served his country honorably’

Al Weaver · August 31, 2018 3:41 pm

Flags flying a half-staff in honor of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., frame the U.S. Capital at daybreak in Washington, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018. McCain, 81, died at his ranch in Arizona after a yearlong battle with brain cancer.

Washington says farewell to Sen. John McCain

Allison Elyse Gualtieri · August 31, 2018 1:00 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, center, speaks during a news conference after a Senate Republican weekly luncheon meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, May 15, 2018. McConnell says he is "somewhat optimistic" after conversations with Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer that there will be more cooperation on nominations and appropriations.

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Senate Republicans made a threat, and Democrats called their bluff yet again

James Wallner · August 30, 2018 4:00 am

White House counsel could be toughest job in DC after McGahn leaves

Gabby Morrongiello · August 30, 2018 4:00 am

Don Blankenship listens to arguments in the West Virginia Supreme Court on Aug. 29, 2018. The state Supreme Court has denied the former coal CEO's bid to get his name on the ballot in Novemberâs Senate race in West Virginia.

Court denies Don Blankenship spot on West Virginia Senate ballot

Naomi Lim · August 29, 2018 9:50 pm

"I'm very fortunate to serve a president who is very committed to what we are here, which is nominating and appointing committed originalists and textualists," White House counsel Donald McGahn said at the Federalist Society event Friday. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Senate GOP leaders urge Trump not to oust White House counsel Don McGahn

Susan Ferrechio · August 29, 2018 5:20 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., left, and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks with reporters following their weekly policy meetings.

Senate wraps up August session with batch of confirmations

Susan Ferrechio · August 29, 2018 12:26 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., far left, with from left, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, meet with reporters following weekly policy luncheons to answer questions on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 20, 2018.

Senate GOP signs off on opioid package, clearing key milestone before possible vote next week

Robert King · August 28, 2018 9:23 pm

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who's poised to become chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, leaves the chamber after he joined Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, to support the release of a report on the CIA's harsh interrogation techniques at secret overseas facilities after the 9/11 terror attacks, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014. Some Republican leaders objected to the report's release and challenged its contention that harsh tactics didn't work, but McCain, tortured in Vietnam as a prisoner of war, welcomed the report and endorsed its findings.

Senators split over how to honor John McCain

Susan Ferrechio · August 28, 2018 8:04 pm

Schumer worries Trump’s Mexico deal is like his North Korea deal

Al Weaver · August 28, 2018 7:36 pm

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks during a service for Fred Thompson, a former United States senator, actor and Republican presidential candidate, Friday, Nov. 6, 2015, in Nashville, Tenn. Thompson died Nov. 1 in Nashville. He was 73.

Senate to create permanent tribute to John McCain

Susan Ferrechio · August 28, 2018 3:31 pm