For most of U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell’s 18-year tenure as the Senate Republican Leader, he was vilified as an “establishment” ...

Former Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) criticized President Trump for pardoning roughly 1,500 people who were ...

When things actually happen on Capitol Hill, it’s frequently because senators find ways around the filibuster, the custom ...

Pete Hegseth is widely seen as a threat to the establishment that governs the Defense Department and its related industries.

The core of President Donald Trump’s agenda runs through Chuck Grassley, who has been in the chamber longer than his vice president has been alive.

Mitch McConnell's last-minute rebellion forced JD Vance to return to the Senate and sets up a tense future as three ...

The Senate narrowly voted to confirm embattled Pete Hegseth as secretary of the Department of Defense, in a major win for ...

By contrast, Senate Minority Leader Charles E ... the experience or the judgment required by the job.” McConnell, for his part, never let on about his decision on Hegseth before he cast his ...

McConnell echoed the phrase in a searing ... of character” needed to lead the Department of Defense. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer criticized Hegseth Friday morning, calling him ...