Sen. Rand Paul says resistance to President Donald Trump’s trade wars has sprung up in Kentucky from a cross-section of business sectors.

President Donald Trump says he is naming Secretary of State Marco Rubio as acting national security adviser to replace Mike Waltz, whom he is nominating as United Nations ambassador.

Senate Republicans have narrowly voted down a Democratic resolution that would have blocked global tariffs announced by Donald Trump earlier this month, giving the president a modest win Wednesday as lawmakers in both parties have remained skeptical of his trade agenda.

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis is the latest judge at odds with the Trump administration.

The Senate has produced the quickest top-level Cabinet confirmation process in the last 20 years under new Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota.

Republicans in Congress are watching with unease as stock markets tumble in the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.

The Senate has passed a resolution that would thwart President Donald Trump’s ability to impose tariffs on Canada.

President Donald Trump’s use of tariffs has forged a rare bipartisan alliance among Kentucky’s top leaders — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Republican Sens. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul.

Republican Senate candidate Daniel Cameron has lavished praise on President Donald Trump and criticized his mentor, Sen. Mitch McConnell.

The scramble to fill Mitch McConnell’s Senate seat in Kentucky began as soon as the Republican revealed he won’t seek reelection in 2026.

Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell has announced that he won’t seek reelection next year, ending a decadeslong tenure as a power broker who championed conservative causes but ultimately ceded ground to the fierce GOP populism of President Donald Trump.

Federal workers all over the country have responded with anger and confusion Friday toward President Donald Trump's aggressive effort to shrink the size of the federal workforce.

No longer in charge, Sen. Mitch McConnell has been speaking his mind.

President Donald Trump seems to have questioned a well-documented part of Sen. Mitch McConnell’s life — his childhood battle with polio.

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Republican skepticism in the Senate of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees has been worn down.

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Donald Trump’s efforts to undo diversity, equity and inclusion efforts throughout the federal government have had a trickle-down effect far beyond formal DEI programs.

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Pete Hegseth has been sworn as the nation’s 29th secretary of defense.

In the early days of President Donald Trump’s second term, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski had openly challenged or rebuked him at least three times.

Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, taking charge as Republicans claim unified control of Washington and set out to reshape the country’s institutions.

When Donald Trump arrived in Washington in 2017 on the eve of his first inauguration, he was a stranger to most in town.

Attorney General Merrick Garland came in with a mission to calm the waters at the Justice Department and restore its reputation for independence after four turbulent years during Donald Trump's presidency.

The Supreme Court seems likely to uphold the law that could ban TikTok, with most of the justices appearing concerned about the national security risks posed by the wildly popular app whose parent company is based in China.

Kentucky's attorney general says the state will receive $110 million to settle its lawsuit accusing one of the nation's largest grocery chains of helping fuel the opioid epidemic.

A senior official says Canada is looking at putting retaliatory tariffs on American orange juice, sinks, toilets and some steel products if U.S. President-elect Donald Trump goes ahead with his threat to impose 25% on all Canadian products.

Congress has certified Donald Trump as the 2024 presidential election winner without challenge.

Inside the Capitol, reminders of the violence from the riot on Jan. 6, 2021, are increasingly hard to find.

New Senate Majority Leader John Thune is kicking off the new session with a promise to preserve the filibuster, saying in his first floor speech as leader that his priority will be to “ensure the Senate stays the Senate.”.

The fate of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet is still unclear after Republican senators spent much of December carefully dodging questions.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says Democrats should think less about partisan politics and more about meeting people’s needs.

The Senate has passed a defense bill that authorizes significant pay raises for junior enlisted service members and boosts overall military spending to $895 billion.

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President-elect Donald Trump seemed to entertain the discredited theory that vaccines cause autism as he answered questions from journalists Monday at his Mar-a-Lago club.

President-elect Donald Trump has held a wide-ranging news conference in which he took questions from reporters for the first time since winning the election.

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is challenging President-elect Donald Trump to reject the isolationist voices within their party and build his foreign policy around military strength.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, a childhood polio survivor, said any of President-elect Donald Trump’s picks requiring Senate confirmation should “steer clear” of efforts to discredit the polio vaccine.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is still suffering from the effects of a fall in the Senate earlier this week and is missing votes on Thursday due to leg stiffness, according to his office.

President Joe Biden is threatening to veto legislation that would expand the federal judiciary.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell fell and sprained his wrist while walking out of a GOP luncheon on Tuesday, the latest in a series of medical incidents for him in recent years.

President Joe Biden is weighing whether to issue sweeping pardons for officials and allies who the White House fears could be unjustly targeted by President-elect Donald Trump’s administration.

President-elect Donald Trump has dialed in to what was described as a “love fest” with Senate Republicans.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Washington Commanders controlling owner Josh Harris have met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill as efforts push forward to secure access to the RFK Stadium site in the District of Columbia.

A government official says Canada is already examining possible retaliatory tariffs on certain items from the United States should President-elect Donald Trump follow through on his threat to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products.

Special counsel Jack Smith move to abandon two federal cases accusing Trump of endangering American democracy and national security does away with the most serious legal threats Trump was facing as he returns to the White House.

Sen. Mitch McConnell says he will lead a subcommittee overseeing defense spending as he carves out new roles once he relinquishes his long-running post as Senate Republican leader.

After a resounding election victory, President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans say they have a mandate to govern.

Republicans are going to court in Pennsylvania amid vote counting in the U.S. Senate election between Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick, with the contest headed toward a state-mandated recount.

Just hours after Republican Sen. John Thune was elected as the incoming Senate majority leader, President-elect Donald Trump presented him with one of his first tests — an announcement that he intends to nominate House Republican Matt Gaetz as attorney general.

The U.S. military judge at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has scheduled hearings in early January for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants to enter guilty pleas in exchange for life sentences.

Cornyn has for years signaled he wanted to succeed his close ally GOP leader Mitch McConnell. He lost in a vote decided by the Republican members of the Senate.

It was the first seriously contested Senate Republican leadership election in decades.

Sen. John Thune has won an internal election among Republican senators to become the chamber’s next majority leader.

Days before Senate Republicans pick their new leader, President-elect Donald Trump is pressuring the candidates to change Senate rules and give him more power to appoint unconfirmed nominees.

House Republican leaders are projecting confidence that they will keep control of the U.S. House.

Republicans have taken the Senate majority and are fighting to keep control of the House.

Senate Republicans vying to replace longtime leader Mitch McConnell have been crossing the country to campaign and fundraise for colleagues, making their final arguments before an important upcoming Senate vote.

The Supreme Court is allowing national medication and anti-doping rules for horse racing to remain in effect while a court fight likely to wind up with the justices continues.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said after the 2020 election that then-President Donald Trump was “stupid as well as being ill-tempered” and a “despicable human being."

Republicans are sensing an opportunity in Wisconsin’s closely watched Senate race.

Sen. John Thune of South Dakota is competing intensely to become the next Republican leader in the Senate.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says the challenge of deterring America's adversaries should be “front and center” for the next president.

Republican Rick Scott’s bid for renomination for a second Senate term tops the list of races that Florida voters will decide in the upcoming primary.

A recent conservative conference in Georgia hosted by influential syndicated radio host Erick Erickson featured few, if any, red hats and no rousing promises to “Make America Great Again.”.

Prominent Republicans in Kentucky have ridiculed Gov. Andy Beshear's efforts to land the No. 2 spot on the Democratic presidential ticket.

Since President Joe Biden left the White House race, Vice President Kamala Harris has begun to craft her own narrative around the economy.

Elevated into the national spotlight as former President Donald Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance has carved out a unique role in his short Senate career.

The Republican presidential ticket came together when Donald Trump named JD Vance as his running mate.

After the 2020 election, many Republican senators distanced themselves from Donald Trump.

Nevada GOP Senate Republican runner-up Jeff Gunter has continued his attacks on the nominee and retired Army Capt. Sam Brown.

North Dakota voters have just approved a ballot initiative that bars anyone who would be 81 years old during his or her U.S. House or Senate term from running for Congress.

Former President Donald Trump will meet with Senate Republicans Thursday, speaking to the group just two weeks after he was convicted on 34 charges in his hush money trial and as GOP senators have increasingly rallied around him.

Former president Donald Trump has endorsed retired Army Capt. Sam Brown for U.S. Senate in Nevada over a crowded GOP primary field.

For one shining moment this week, the country’s ongoing political crises were swept away by the comedic power of one wildly exuberant 6-year-old.

Gov. Andy Beshear says drug overdose deaths in Kentucky fell nearly 10% in 2023.

A young boy sitting behind his father on the House floor has become the latest social media star after performing for the C-SPAN cameras.

Congressional leaders have invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to deliver an address a the U.S. Capitol.

Senate Republicans are blocking for a second time a bill to clamp down the number of migrants allowed to claim asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Florida Sen. Rick Scott says he will run for Senate Republican leader when Mitch McConnell steps down from the post, becoming the third Republican in the race.

The Senate has confirmed the 200th federal judge of President Joe Biden’s tenure.

Many Democrats campaigning for the Senate this year say they support suspending the filibuster rule to pass nationwide abortion protections.

Colleges around the U.S. are imploring student protesters of the war on Gaza to clear out tent encampments with rising levels of urgency.

Protests against the war in Gaza are roiling college campuses nationwide.

Providing Ukraine with weapons and other U.S. aid as it fends off a Russian invasion is rooted in the earliest and most formative political memories of the two top Republicans in Congress.

President Joe Biden says he's immediately rushing badly needed weaponry to Ukraine now that he's signed into law a $95 billion war aid measure that also includes assistance for Israel, Taiwan and other allies.

For nearly two decades, Mitch McConnell’s only job uncertainty hinged on whether he’d serve as Senate majority or minority leader after the next election.

Donald Trump is campaigning on promises of mass deportations and of pardons for those convicted in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, and his ideas are being met with little pushback by a new era of Republicans in Congress.

Lawmakers have introduced a $1.2 trillion spending package that sets the stage for avoiding a partial government shutdown for several key federal agencies this weekend.

Angela Chao, a shipping industry CEO and sister-in-law to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, was intoxicated when she drove into a pond and died last month in Texas.

Republicans and Israeli officials were quick to express outrage after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer lashed out at Prime Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the war in Gaza and called for Israel to hold new elections.

Senate Republicans are taking aim at a new federal courts policy aimed at curbing “judge shopping,” a practice that gained national attention in a major abortion medication case.

Senators from both major political parties are urging congressional leaders to ensure that more visas are made available to Afghans who worked alongside U.S. troops in America’s longest war.

Sen. Katie Britt called President Joe Biden a “dithering and diminished leader” in the Republican rebuttal to his State of the Union address Thursday evening.

Donald Trump is now the last major Republican candidate for president who's still standing.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has endorsed Donald Trump for president.

Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso says he'll run for the No. 2 spot in the Senate Republican conference after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell leaves at the end of the year.

Senate leader Mitch McConnell is the highest-ranking Republican in Congress who has yet to endorse Donald Trump’s bid to return to the White House.

South Dakota Sen. John Thune is entering the race to be the next Republican leader of the U.S. Senate after Sen. Mitch McConnell steps away from the post in November.