The former GOP leader can more freely speak his mind on nominees and defense, but his influence is limited.

Trump calls him “bitter,” but Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who severely criticized Trump over the Jan. 6 riot, has voted against RFK Jr, Tulsi Gabbard, and Pete Hegseth.

No longer in charge, Sen. Mitch McConnell has been speaking his mind. The long-serving former Republican leader rejected ...

Lately McConnell has been a rare GOP vote against Trump’s worst cabinet nominees. But he’s the main reason Trump is back in ...

It seemed hard to imagine Donald Trump's relationship with Mitch McConnell getting much worse. Then the president questioned ...

While some, like Secretary of State Marco Rubio, sailed through, others, like Attorney General Pam Bondi, saw their ...

Kennedy, Jr., his pick to lead the Health and Human ... against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's confirmation. Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky was another Republican who voted against Hegseth ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) questioned the logic of Donald Trump’s tariffs on allies, stating that the measures will raise prices for American consumers. “It will drive the cost of everything up.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and his wife, former U.S. secretary of labor and transportation Elaine Chao, attend the annual St. Jerome Fancy Farm Picnic in Fancy Farm ...

Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said it was a “mistake” for President Trump to pardon individuals convicted of crimes connected to the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6 ...

Mitch McConnell said ... 2021 rioters were a mistake. Still, McConnell did not reveal how he would vote on the nominations of Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to join the president ...