Ironically, McConnell’s best interpersonal relationship with any president during his long political career was with Joe ...

After a resounding election victory, delivering what President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans call a “mandate” to govern, ...

Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell announced he would step down from his leadership post earlier this year, ending his historic ...

Republicans are going to court in Pennsylvania amid vote counting in the U.S. Senate election between Democratic Sen.

President-elect Donald Trump is considering recess appointments to skip over Senate confirmations for some of the most ...

Recess appointments would allow Donald Trump to appoint his nominees while the Senate is not in session, skirting the ...

John Thune, R-S.D., as the new Senate majority leader as longtime top Senate Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is ...

S.D., is planning to make ushering in President-Elect Donald Trump's immigration agenda the first item on his to-do list when ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell didn’t ruin Congress. That distinction rests with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and his band of ...

The outcome of the secret leadership ballot, expected after the November election, is deeply uncertain. It’s a weighty choice ...

Senate Republicans have elected Sen. John Thune (R-SD) – who has long been hostile to LGBTQ+ rights – as the next Senate ...

Following the Republican Party's victory in the Senate on November 5, it has also retained a majority in the House of ...