GOP, Trump and McConnell

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 emerges as Trump’s greatest GOP foe on Cabinet confirmations
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) spent 18 years as Senate Republican leader corralling his members to fall in line. Now, unshackled from those responsibilities and likely headed for the chamber’s exit doors,
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).
Trump: Mitch McConnell wasn’t ‘equipped mentally’ to lead Republicans, let GOP ‘go to hell’
President Trump added fuel to the fire in his feud with former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, claiming the longtime Kentucky senator lacked the mental sharpness to shepherd GOP members in the upper chamber.
Mitch McConnell Makes a Lonely Stand Against Trump
The former GOP leader can more freely speak his mind on nominees and defense, but his influence is limited.
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.
"He let the Republican Party go to hell": Trump blasts McConnell after vote against RFK Jr.
The former top Senate Republican was the lone GOP vote against Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 's confirmation to lead the Department ...
McConnell waving the flag of 'traditional Republicanism' by breaking with GOP on votes
Senator Mitch McConnell broke with his fellow Republicans again by voting "no" on Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as HHS Secretary.
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 ...
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.
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Thune: McConnell will be with Republicans on ‘big stuff ahead of us’
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says he expects former Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) to vote with Senate ...
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 ...