Latest Mitch McConnell News

McConnell released from hospital, headed to inpatient rehab

Mar. 13, 2023 17:48 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell was released from the hospital Monday after treatment for a concussion and will continue to recover in an inpatient rehabilitation facility, a spokesman said. McConnell's office said his doctors discovered over the weekend...

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell discharged from hospital after fall, will recover at inpatient facility

Mar. 13, 2023 17:18 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell discharged from hospital after fall, will recover at inpatient facility.

GOP Leader McConnell remains in hospital after concussion

Mar. 09, 2023 21:43 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell was being treated Thursday for a concussion and is expected to remain in the hospital for “a few days” after he tripped and fell at a hotel dinner the night before, his spokesman said. The Kentucky senator, 81, was at a...

Court records show political pressure behind Fox programming

Mar. 09, 2023 21:15 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — In May 2018, the nation's top Republicans needed help. So they called on the founder of Fox News, Rupert Murdoch. President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell were trying to stop West Virginia Republicans from nominating Don Blankenship, who had...

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell being treated for concussion after fall, remains hospitalized, spokesman says

Mar. 09, 2023 13:27 PM EST
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell being treated for concussion after fall, remains hospitalized, spokesman says.

Spokesman: Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell hospitalized after fall at hotel

Mar. 09, 2023 00:07 AM EST
WASHINGTON (AP) — Spokesman: Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell hospitalized after fall at hotel.

Senate votes to block DC crime laws, Biden supportive

Mar. 08, 2023 20:35 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate voted Wednesday to block new District of Columbia crime laws and overrule the city government as lawmakers in both parties have expressed concern about rising violent crime rates in cities nationwide. President Joe Biden said last week that he will sign...

Tucker Carlson amplifies Jan. 6 lies with GOP-provided video

Mar. 07, 2023 20:54 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Handed some 41,000 hours of Jan. 6 security footage, Fox News' Tucker Carlson has launched an impassioned new effort to explain away the deadly Capitol attack, linking the Republican Party ever more closely to pro-Trump conspiracy theories about the 2021 riot. The...

Joe Biden plans new taxes on the rich to help save Medicare

Mar. 07, 2023 16:46 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday proposed new taxes on the rich to help fund Medicare, saying the plan would help to extend the insurance program's solvency by 25 years and provide a degree of middle-class stability to millions of older adults. In his plan, Biden is...

Thousands of pro-Trump bots are attacking DeSantis, Haley

Mar. 06, 2023 10:51 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Over the past 11 months, someone created thousands of fake, automated Twitter accounts — perhaps hundreds of thousands of them — to offer a stream of praise for Donald Trump. Besides posting adoring words about the former president, the fake accounts ridiculed...