Tag: Mitch McConnell

President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to speak to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, en route to a campaign rally in Manchester, N.H.

Trump unfazed by intense media pressure on immigration

Eddie Scarry · June 20, 2018 4:00 am

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., just barely survived in 2012 by helping an incompetent Republican candidate named Todd Akin win his party primary. This time, it doesn't look like there's going to be much of a contest in the Republican primary. Attorney General Josh Hawley (pictured above), a 37-year-old rising star who was just elected in November, has announced that he's in the race to win. (AP Photo/Jim Salter, File)

GOP Senate candidates stick with Trump on family separations

David M. Drucker · June 20, 2018 4:00 am

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.

McConnell: ‘Why can’t the Mueller investigation finally wrap up?’

David M. Drucker · June 15, 2018 4:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.

McConnell: ‘I would consider’ Senate vote on House immigration bill

David M. Drucker, Susan Ferrechio · June 14, 2018 10:21 pm

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Democrats hit back at GOP over Trump’s Obamacare lawsuit: ‘Actions speak louder than words’

Kimberly Leonard · June 12, 2018 11:01 pm

Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., said Tuesday that "the details in these documents — which my colleagues and I had access to very early on — were among the many reasons I opposed this nuclear deal." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Bob Corker rips Senate GOP for blocking his effort to fight Trump’s tariffs: ‘I can’t believe it!’

Al Weaver · June 12, 2018 8:07 pm

Mitch McConnell: Congress will have a say in North Korea deal

Susan Ferrechio · June 12, 2018 7:46 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., speaks with reporters as he leaves a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Chuck Schumer pushes for vote on Corker amendment to rein in Trump’s tariff authority

Al Weaver · June 12, 2018 7:44 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. meet with reporters in Washington.

Republican leaders throw caution flag on North Korea ‘deal’

Susan Ferrechio · June 12, 2018 4:10 pm

Mitch McConnell backs ‘goals’ of North Korea agreement

Susan Ferrechio · June 12, 2018 2:40 pm

President Trump speaks during a bill signing ceremony for the "VA Mission Act" in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, June 6, 2018, in Washington.

House approves Trump’s bill to slash $15 billion in federal funds

Al Weaver · June 8, 2018 1:20 am

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao listens during a meeting.

Elaine Chao defends brother-in-law’s nomination by President Trump to lead federal pension agency

Katie Leach · June 7, 2018 11:22 pm