Nov 06 WATCH: McConnell holds news conference with key Senate races still undecided By Associated Press One certainty is the upended projections will force a rethinking of polling, fundraising and the very messages the parties use to reach voters in the Trump era and beyond. Continue reading
Nov 05 Republicans break with Trump over push to halt vote count By Matthew Daly, Associated Press Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Trump ally who won reelection Tuesday in Kentucky, told reporters that “claiming you’ve won the election is different from finishing the counting.”… Continue reading
Nov 04 WATCH: Sen. Mitch McConnell says courts to ‘decide disputes’ in close election races By Associated Press Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday that “claiming you’ve won the election is different from finishing the counting.”… Continue reading
Nov 03 WATCH: Sen. Mitch McConnell says the next president needs to unite the country By Associated Press Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks Tuesday night after winning his race against Democratic challenger Amy McGrath. Continue reading
Nov 03 Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell holds his Kentucky seat By Associated Press The 78-year-old McConnell defeated Democrat Amy McGrath, a retired Marine combat pilot who challenged him as a political outsider. McConnell is the longest-serving Republican leader in Senate history. Continue reading
Oct 11 WATCH: Judge Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court confirmation hearings – Day 1 By Lisa Mascaro, Mark Sherman, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Barrett spoke Monday about her judicial philosophy, her experience and her large family at the end of the first day of her fast-tracked confirmation hearings. Continue reading
Oct 03 GOP seeks to pause Senate work, but not Barrett hearings By Laurie Kellman, Associated Press Republicans on Saturday sought to call off legislative work in the Senate until Oct. 19 as the coronavirus reached into their ranks. But they vowed that hearings for President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee would push ahead as planned even… Continue reading
Sep 21 Watch 5:16 What’s next in the fight over Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat? The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has already launched a high-stakes political battle over whether President Trump and Senate Republicans can push through a nomination and fill her seat before the November election. Yamiche Alcindor and Lisa Desjardins join… Continue watching
Sep 21 WATCH: McConnell says Senate to vote this year on court pick, Schumer objects By Associated Press Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says the GOP effort to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg by the end of the year is a “craven” move that flips the Republicans’ own logic on its head. Continue reading
Sep 20 Watch 3:21 After RBG’s death, a partisan battle over SCOTUS seat By PBS NewsHour President Trump announced he intends to nominate a woman for Justice Ginsburg’s seat and several Republican Senators, who in 2016 opposed filling a SCOTUS seat in an election year, are supporting a vote. The contentious issue of the SCOTUS seat,… Continue watching