President Trump's top GOP detractors in Congress have something in common — they're from Kentucky. Why it matters: Rep.

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FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX 18) — Secretary Kristi Noem visited Kentucky Wednesday after President Trump granted a Major Disaster Declaration for the Commonwealth on Monday. The President's action will ...

“I don’t think his political career would be where it is without McConnell.” Westerfield said he saw that influence firsthand. After narrowly losing his campaign for Kentucky attorney ...

A far right party has made huge gains in the German election, but an astounding map shows an bizarre echo from history. On Sunday, the ruling centre left Social Democratic Party (SPD) of ...

Germany’s conservative Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) won Sunday’s election as voters rebuked the nation’s left-leaning government for its handling of the economy and immigration. Voters gave ...

The Republican Women's Club of South-Central Kentucky hosted Comer in Bowling Green. Laura Rogers was there and caught up with him on current events in Washington and his future political aspirations.

In early February, it was revealed the Louisville representative, Kentucky House Minority Leader Pamela Stevenson, had filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to begin collecting money to ...

It's the end of an era in Kentucky politics.Thursday, U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell announced he will not be seeking re-election, ending a decades-long tenure.First elected in 1984, McConnell holds ...

Former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron on Thursday announced that he is running to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in the upper chamber of Congress. Cameron, who was Kentucky's first ...

If McConnell is unable to finish his term, a new Kentucky law would require the governor to call a special election to fill the vacancy. Sen. Mitch McConnell announced Thursday that he will not ...