Unencumbered from the duties of party leadership and in the twilight of his magnificent career, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is free to do what he thinks is right.

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

After yet another pro-statehood vote by the people of Puerto Rico, and strong Latino political support for Donald Trump, the ...

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

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

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

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

The president-elect isn’t worried about Senate Republicans growing a backbone. They're unlikely to prove him wrong.

Thune, of South Dakota, beat out Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Rick Scott of Florida in a secret ballot election to replace Mitch McConnell.

A look at the three candidates: Thune, 63, defeated then-Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle in 2004 after arguing during the campaign that Daschle had lost his South Dakota roots during his years in ...

S.D., as the next party leader, launching a new era for the GOP after nearly two decades with Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., ...