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PublishedMarch 13, 2023
Mitch McConnell released from hospital after suffering concussion in fall
The 81-year-old senator has been hospitalized and receiving treatment for a concussion since late in the evening of March 8.
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2022
Republican rift exposes choice: With Trump or against him
While Donald Trump's allies believe there should be no limits in their loyalty to the former president, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other establishment leaders believe there is a line Republicans should not cross.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2022
Sen. McConnell rebukes Republican National Committee, calls Jan. 6 ‘violent insurrection’
Maine Sen. Susan Collins said that the rioters who 'broke windows and breached the Capitol were not engaged in legitimate political discourse, and to say otherwise is absurd.'
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PublishedFebruary 16, 2021
Trump hurls insults at McConnell, calls him an ‘unsmiling political hack’
Moments after the Senate voted to acquit Trump on Saturday, top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell gave a floor speech in which he blamed Trump for spreading 'wild falsehoods' about a stolen election, creating a 'manufactured atmosphere of looming catastrophe' that inspired the mob.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2021
McConnell votes ‘not guilty,’ then calls Trump actions ‘unconscionable’
He says, 'We have no power to convict and disqualify a former office holder who is now a private citizen.'
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2021
Mitch McConnell racing away from Donald Trump as impeachment moves forward
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is moving abruptly away from President Donald Trump
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2021
McConnell blocks quick impeachment trial in Senate; won’t rule out vote to convict
The Kentucky Republican also sees House Democrats' drive to impeach Trump as an opportune moment to distance the GOP from the tumultuous, divisive outgoing president.
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PublishedDecember 29, 2020
McConnell blocks Senate Democrats’ initial effort to approve $2,000 stimulus checks
McConnell’s move was just the beginning of a saga that is likely to engulf the Senate for the rest of the week.
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PublishedNovember 24, 2020
As Biden names Cabinet picks, McConnell’s silence hangs over transition
The two men, Senate colleagues for 24 years and sparring partners in several high-stakes negotiations during Biden's time as vice president, still have not spoken since the election.
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PublishedMay 7, 2019
GOP leader McConnell says ‘case closed’ on Mueller probe
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is declaring 'case closed' on the Russia probe and potential obstruction by President Donald Trump
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