McConnell, Trump

Mitch McConnell Makes a Lonely Stand Against Trump
WASHINGTON—In 2017, when President Trump was fresh in his first term, then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was asked by a student on a class trip what he thought of the new commander in chief.
Welcome to the resistance? Mitch McConnell bucks Trump with ‘no’ votes.
Mitch McConnell is pushing back against President Trump’s most controversial nominees, becoming an unlikely — and sometimes lonely — face of Republican resistance.
McConnell, free from leadership constraints, bucks Trump and the evolving GOP
Sen. Mitch McConnell was a generational force for the Republican Party — using procedural tactics and political will to stymie much of former President Barack Obama’s agenda, hand President Donald Trump key first-term political victories and deliver a 6-3 conservative Supreme Court majority.
'YOLO McConnell': Former Senate leader emerges as lone GOP voice against key Trump nominees
Out of Senate leadership and serving likely his last term, Mitch McConnell has often found himself on an island among Republicans in opposition to Trump.
McConnell's mental acuity targeted by Trump after ex-Senate leader joins Dems against Cabinet nominees
The GOP's recent and longest-serving Senate party leader has stood in opposition to his conference multiple times, demonstrating the party’s significant transformation in the age of Trump.
Trump Approval 99 Points Higher Than McConnell w/GOP Voters
CNN data reporter Harry Enten comments on polls showing Donald Trump with a net approval rating 99 points higher than Mitch McConnell among Republicans (Trump stands at +82 while McConnell is sitting around -17).
Replacing Mitch McConnell: First Republican hints at 2026 run for Senate
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell's time in the Senate could be nearing its end, and jockeying in the race to replace him has ...
McConnell only Republican to vote against Gabbard
Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) on Wednesday voted against confirming former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii ...
Mitch McConnell casts only Republican vote against new intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, of Kentucky, cast the only Republican vote against the new Director of National Intelligence Tulsi ...
The Nation on MSN5d
Mitch McConnell’s Desperate Bid for an Honorable Political Legacy
US Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) gives a thumbs up while arriving at the nomination of Tulsi Gabbard as President Donald ...
GOP Rep. Andy Barr to run for Mitch McConnell's Senate seat, though McConnell hasn't said he's retiring
McConnell is up for reelection in 2026, and he has not said whether he plans to run again for an eighth Senate term.
New Jersey Globe1d
Stomping Grounds: Internal Polls, Conventions, Mitch McConnell and the Eagles
New Jerseyans aren’t always civil, but it’s still possible for a liberal Democrat and a conservative Republican to have a ...
After Mitch McConnell’s fall, questions raised about how KY handles a US Senate vacancy
The process for filling a vacant US Senate seat in Kentucky has changed twice in the last four years. Here’s what to know ...
Mitch McConnell tests the strengths and limits of his power opposing a trio of Trump's Cabinet nominees
This is McConnell unplugged, three weeks into the Trump administration, and his new role as no longer the Senate GOP leader ...
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Senate Democrat Says McConnell's Vote Means There's 'Hope' Republican Colleagues Can Break From 'Trump Cult'
Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) vote against Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence as the GOP's first real fracture ...