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August 3, 2021

Schumer beats McConnell in Capitol footrace to the TV cameras

A sneaky Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., scuttled Sen. Mitch McConnell's plans for a news conference Tuesday afternoon at the Capitol, sparking a rare moment of laughter from the typically stoic McConnell. 

July 29, 2021

228 GOP lawmakers urge SCOTUS to overturn Roe v. Wade

The plea to overturn abortion law was signed by top GOP leaders like House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

July 18, 2021

Klobuchar 'concerned' about Supreme Court, says Breyer should retire 'sooner rather than later'

Sen. Amy Klobuchar has urged Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire "sooner rather than later" if he’s considering retirement at all. 

July 17, 2021

Things keep getting worse for Biden BLM nominee Tracy Stone-Manning

Things keep getting worse for Tracy Stone-Manning, President Biden's nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management.

July 16, 2021

CNN's Jeffrey Toobin frustrated over Stephen Breyer's refusal to retire: 'What is it with these justices?'

Liberal CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin was openly frustrated Thursday concerning Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's refusal to heed calls from the left to retire and make way for a younger progressive.

July 16, 2021

McConnell calls for Biden to withdraw nominee linked to eco-terrorist plot

EXCLUSIVE: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is calling on President Biden to "immediately" pull Tracy Stone-Manning's nomination for Bureau of Land Management (BLM) director over her link to an eco-terrorist plot and her apparently misleading answers to senators about it. 

July 15, 2021

McConnell blasts 'wild' $3.5T spending bill, says Dems do not have mandate to 'introduce socialism'

Democrats’ “wildly inappropriate” and massive $3.5 trillion spending spree will generate “zero” Republican support, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told “The Faulkner Focus” on Thursday.

July 15, 2021

Biden's flip on Hyde Amendment sign of administration 'spiraling way, way to the left': McConnell

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., slammed President Biden for steering the U.S. to the more to the left despite campaigning as a moderate, in light of Democrats' push to eliminate the Hyde Amendment.

July 14, 2021

McConnell condemns Biden fury over GOP voting reform as 'utter nonsense'

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday condemned a fiery speech by President Biden as “utter nonsense” for alleging GOP voting reform laws were comparable to the Civil War.

July 13, 2021

McConnell pushes for more COVID vaccinations: 'We're in the red zone, but we're not in the end zone'

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnel said he was "perplexed by the difficulty we have in finishing the job." The pace for vaccinations has slowed in the United States just as the much more contagious Delta COVID-19 variant is becoming the dominant strain of the virus.