Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) started the year largely holding the GOP caucus together — but now his leadership ...

(The Hill) — Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) compared the modern-day political landscape to the pre-World War II era in the United States, pointing specifically to tariffs and foreign policy. In an ...

On the precipice of retirement, Mitch McConnell has become a pariah among the Republicans trying to succeed him. The top three Republicans running in Kentucky’s Senate primary started in state ...

Five weeks is a long time. The 35-day federal government shutdown that occurred in late 2018 into early 2019, the last time the government closed, was the longest in U.S. history. More than six years ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell speaks with a Herald-Leader reporter during an interview at the McConnell Center located at the University of Louisville Ekstrom Library in Louisville, Ky., Friday, Aug. 29, 2025.