May 18, 2020 McConnell in new ad hits opponent Amy McGrath for supporting Trump impeachment, calls her ‘extreme’ Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's reelection team launched an advertising campaign on Monday slamming his Democratic challenger Amy McGrath as an “extreme liberal politician.”
May 18, 2020 GOP governors blast McConnell challenger for using their image in campaign ad Two Republican governors are slamming Amy McGrath—the Kentucky Democrat looking to take on Mitch McConnell in November—for using their images in a campaign ad attacking the Senate majority leader.
May 17, 2020 Reporter's Notebook: Battle over House Dems' coronavirus aid bill sends these messages The House Democrats' bill may not go “anywhere,” but it will likely serve as a marker and send a message, in more ways than one.
May 16, 2020 Trump tells McConnell 'time is running out' for him to hold Russia 'hoaxers' accountable President Trump told Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., that he "love[s]" him but that he should quickly move to hold accountable the people behind the "Russia collusion hoax."
May 15, 2020 House passes $3T coronavirus relief -- the most expensive bill in history The House of Representatives on Friday evening passed a $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill, the most expensive legislation approved by that body in history, that Democrats hailed as the unprecedented response needed to deal with the pandemic and its economic fallout.
May 15, 2020 Pelosi tries to rally support for $3T coronavirus relief bill in face of veto threat, GOP ridicule House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday pushed to rally support for Democrats' latest $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill, even as the White House has threatened to veto the legislation and Republican lawmakers have blasted it as a "parade of absurdities."
May 14, 2020 Pelosi calls $3T coronavirus relief bill Democrats' starting offer as White House issues veto threat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi acknowledged Thursday the long odds of the Democrats' $3 trillion coronavirus relief legislation of becoming law and suggested the massive bill could be a starting point of negotiations with the White House and Senate.
May 12, 2020 Biden blasts McConnell claim about Obama pandemic prep as a 'Bunch of malarkey' Former Vice President Joe Biden slammed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. Tuesday, accusing him of spreading "malarkey" about the Obama administration's preparation for pandemics like the coronavirus outbreak.
May 12, 2020 'View' co-host accuses McConnell of 'egregious lie' about Obama's pandemic preparedness "The View" co-host Sunny Hostin offered an impassioned defense of former President Barack Obama Tuesday after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., indicated the 44th president left his successor unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic.
May 12, 2020 McConnell calls for 'middle ground' between 'total lockdown and total normalcy' amid coronavirus reopenings Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that the country needs to find a “middle ground between total lockdown and total normalcy,” as states begin to reopen their economies amid the coronavirus pandemic.