The number of overdose deaths in Kentucky last year dropped by 30.2% — down to 1,410 lives lost — giving state leaders a ...

Vice President JD Vance took a break from making unwelcome appearances around the world to cast a tie-breaking vote ensuring ...

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CNN political commentator Scott Jennings expressed willingness to run for Mitch McConnell's Kentucky Senate seat if Trump ...

CNN commentator Scott Jennings responded to reports that he may run for Senate in Kentucky to succeed Sen. Mitch McConnell, ...

Andy Barr on Tuesday jumped into the race to succeed retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell. “I’m running for Senate to help our president save this great country,’’ Barr says in a video announcing ...

Andy Barr, R-Ky., is officially entering the race to replace longtime retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. Barr, who has served in the House for over a decade, is expected to kick off his campaign ...

By Nick Corasaniti The race in Kentucky to succeed Senator Mitch McConnell, an omnipresent force in Republican politics for 40 years, is shaping up to be one of the biggest and most expensive G.O ...

The field of candidates in the upcoming race to replace outgoing U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell is growing. U.S. Rep. Andy Barr, a Republican who's represented the Lexington area for a dozen years ...