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Mitch McConnell

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Mitch McConnell is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Kentucky, a position he has held since 1985. A member of the Republican Party, McConnell has played a significant role in shaping legislative priorities and has served as the Senate Majority Leader since January 2015. Throughout his tenure, he has been involved in key policy areas including healthcare, tax reform, and judicial appointments. McConnell is known for his strategic leadership and has been a prominent figure in national politics, particularly during contentious legislative battles.

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Jul 13, 2026

As much as it frustrates me, this process takes time. And on the advice of my doctors, I won't be able to return to the Senate floor to vote quite yet.

bbc.co.uk
Jul 13, 2026

But I was briefly unconscious and was taken to the hospital.

theguardian.com
Jul 13, 2026

My doctors have confirmed that I didn’t break any bones or suffer a concussion.

theguardian.com
Jul 13, 2026

You’re right to expect your representatives to work hard for you. And part of my decision to retire at the end of my term this coming January was being honest about the demands of Senate work.

foxnews.com
Jul 13, 2026

Even in the public eye, I feel that same instinct – I can’t help it.

theguardian.com
Jun 21, 2026

I was encouraged by the President’s nomination of Jay Clayton to be the Director of National Intelligence. Mr. Clayton is known to the Senate, and his distinguished prior service, overseeing sensitive financial investigations as SEC Chair…

whitehouse.gov
May 28, 2026

So the nation’s top law enforcement official is asking for a slush fund to pay people who assault cops?

thebulwark.com
May 26, 2026

the nation's top law enforcement official asking for a slush fund to pay people who assault cops …. Utterly stupid, morally wrong.

reason.com
May 23, 2026

the nation's top law enforcement official asking for a slush fund to pay people who assault cops …. Utterly stupid, morally wrong.

reason.com
May 23, 2026

Utterly stupid, morally wrong.

reason.com
Jan 10, 2026

Threats and intimidation by U.S. officials over American ownership of Greenland are as unseemly as they are counterproductive.

latimes.com
Nov 25, 2025

Putin has spent the entire year trying to play President Trump for a fool.

nytimes.com
Nov 22, 2025

Rewarding Russian butchery would be disastrous to America’s interests.

nytimes.com
Oct 28, 2025

Tariffs make both building and buying in America more expensive. The economic harms of trade wars are not the exception to history, but the rule.

cbsnews.com
Sep 5, 2025

He’s a gifted politician, he won in a red state, and I know Chuck Schumer well enough to know that he’s probably beating the door down.

breitbart.com
Sep 5, 2025

I think this is the most dangerous period since before World War Two.

breitbart.com
Sep 5, 2025

with regard to Ukraine, what we need to do is avoid the headline at the end of the war, ‘Russia wins, America loses.’

breitbart.com
Aug 4, 2025

He turned Iran’s nuclear program into a pile of rocks.

apnews.com
Aug 3, 2025

I’ve heard one of the candidates running for my office wants to be different, and I’m wondering how you’d want to be different from the longest serving Senate leader in American history.

breitbart.com
Jul 18, 2025

OMB is the problem. They won’t tell us how they’re going to apply the cut.

politico.com
Jul 7, 2025

He’s got some pretty rabid isolationists over at DoD — you could argue the vice president is in that group.

cnn.com
Jun 30, 2025

His announcement is a big setback for the Senate and the Republican Conference.

nbcnews.com

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