McConnell’s influence goes underground We’re in the personnel business,” Sen. Mitch McConnell has said ever since he concluded the biggest piece of business in Donald Trump’s first administration, a massive tax cut — and argued that a ... 11/28/2024 - 10:47 pm | View Link
McConnell Air Force Base Thanksgiving celebration; Airmen serving Airmen Cook has made it a tradition to have his holiday meals at McConnell Air Force Base on and off for the last fifteen years, he says it gives him hope for today's young people, plus the food isn’t half ... 11/28/2024 - 11:38 am | View Link
Officers serve Airmen at McConnell in long holiday tradition Command staff gather to celebrate Thanksgiving with the men and women who serve under their command. This tradition continues this Thanksgiving at McConnell Air Force Base, where leadership stood ... 11/28/2024 - 11:24 am | View Link
Opinion Mitch McConnell, the former Senate Republican leader, is faced with the challenge of protecting the Senate's authority to advise and consent on executive nominations, as he navigates the return of ... 11/28/2024 - 10:10 am | View Link
Column: This Thanksgiving, I’m grateful for Sen. Mitch McConnell Mitch McConnell is giving up one leadership role in the Senate for another — head of the Republican resistance should President-elect Donald Trump overreach. 11/27/2024 - 10:00 pm | View Link
Mitch McConnell will step down as Senate Republican leader at the end ... WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will step down from the helm of the Republican Conference this year, ending his time as the longest-serving leader in Senate history.... 11/30/2024 - 12:19 pm | View Website
McConnell Ends an Era for Himself, His Party and the Senate Senator Mitch McConnell, the minority leader, announced on Wednesday he would be stepping down as Republican leader at the end of the year. Kenny Holston/The New York Times. Carl Hulse has... 11/29/2024 - 6:32 pm | View Website
Mitch McConnell McConnell has been the leader of the Senate Republican Conference since 2007, including as majority leader from 2015 to 2021, making him the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history. McConnell holds conservative political positions, although he was known as a pragmatist and a moderate Republican early in his political career. 11/29/2024 - 4:02 pm | View Website
Mitch McConnell to step down from Republican Senate leadership | AP News McConnell says he’ll step down as Senate Republican leader in November. The 82-year-old Kentucky lawmaker is the longest-serving Senate leader in history. He’s maintained his power in the face of dramatic changes in the Republican Party. He’s set to make the announcement Wednesday McConnell on the Senate floor. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) 11/29/2024 - 3:19 pm | View Website
“Republicans called President Joe Biden a ‘liar’ for pardoning his son, who was convicted on gun charges and pleaded guilty to tax fraud this summer,” Politico reports.
“The decision comes after the president said that he would ‘abide by the jury’s decision’ in an interview ahead of his son’s conviction in June, when Biden still topped the Democratic ticket.”
Said House Oversight Chairman James Comer, in a post on X: “Joe Biden has lied from start to finish.
Jane Mayer: “A whistle-blower report and other documents suggest that Trump’s nominee to run the Pentagon was forced out of previous leadership positions for financial mismanagement, sexist behavior, and being repeatedly intoxicated on the job.”
Said one person: “I’ve seen him drunk so many times. I’ve seen him dragged away not a few times but multiple times.
Peter Baker: “His first selection for attorney general collapsed in spectacular fashion. His choice for defense secretary is awash in scandal. His picks for intelligence, health and other posts are being panned. But if anyone thought that President-elect Donald Trump might be chastened, he has quickly demonstrated otherwise.”
“Even with so many appointees already under fire, Mr.
George Packer: “For two and a half centuries American politics alternated between progressive and conservative periods, played between the 40-yard lines of liberal democracy. The values of freedom, equality, and rule of law at least received lip service; the founding documents enjoyed the status of civic scripture; the requisite American mood was optimism.”
“Although reaction has dominated local or regional (mainly southern) politics, it’s something new in our national politics—which explains why Trump has been misunderstood and written off at every turn.
Washington Post: “Over the years, Musk has repeatedly cut ties with outside firms that were brought on to improve relations with government officials and advocate for policies that would be beneficial to his companies…”
“Instead, Musk has sought to form personal relationships with regulators at the Federal Communications Commission, members of Congress — and now the president-elect.
“Karoline Leavitt, President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming White House press secretary, deleted two social media posts she shared after the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol — including a retweet praising then-Vice President Mike Pence for certifying the 2020 election,” CNN reports.