March 11, 2021 Trump-Scott meeting comes amid former president's friction with McConnell Former President Trump’s expected to meet this week with Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, the chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), a source familiar with the meeting confirms to ӣƵ.
March 10, 2021 Sen. Rob Portman: Republican divide is 'not a policy debate,' but 'a personality issue' Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, joined "Your World" Wednesday to discuss the state of the Republican Party after former President Donald Trump fired off a cease-and-desist letter to the Republican National Committee to quit using his name on behalf of candidates that he said are "RINOS."
March 10, 2021 McConnell says 'overdone' Capitol security reminds him of war-torn Afghanistan Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell said the fortified security at the Capitol two months after the Jan. 6 riot is "overdone," and he compared the militarization in Washington, D.C., to Afghanistan.
March 5, 2021 Senate blocks Sanders effort to add $15 minimum wage to coronavirus bill After nearly 12 hours, the U.S. Senate voted Friday night against an effort to add a $15 minimum wage provision to a massive $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus package.
March 3, 2021 Former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao faulted by DOT inspector general The U.S. Transportation Department’s inspector general said this week it had twice asked the Justice Department under President Trump to investigate then-Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao.
March 3, 2021 IG finds misuse of office by Elaine Chao at Transportation The Transportation Department’s watchdog asked the Justice Department to criminally investigate Elaine Chao late last year after it determined she had misused her office when she was transportation secretary under President Donald Trump but was rebuffed, according to a report released Wednesday.
March 3, 2021 McConnell blasts COVID relief bill as 'wildly out of proportion' with America's needs The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package passed by the House is "a wildly out-of-proportion response to where the country is at the moment," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told "The Story" Wednesday.
March 3, 2021 McConnell blames Biden’s ‘sweeping left-wing amnesty plan' for fueling border surge Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday blamed President Biden’s “sweeping left-wing amnesty plan” for fueling the escalating migrant crisis on the southern border -- and said it sidelined the interests of American workers.
March 1, 2021 Trump slams 'establishment' Republicans McConnell, Cheney in CPAC speech Former President Donald Trump attacked a litany of "establishment" Republicans in his Sunday keynote address at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), even as some in the GOP continue to deny that there is a civil war within the party.
February 25, 2021 Mitch McConnell ‘absolutely’ would support Trump if GOP nominee in 2024 Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Thursday he would "absolutely" support Donald Trump if the former president won the Republican nomination in 2024.