On Friday night, Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell strode onto the Senate floor and, without a moment’s hesitation, voted against the Republican president’s nominee for secretary of defense. The vote marked the hard launch of a new, unburdened, and final chapter in McConnell’s 40-year Senate career.

We shouldn’t expect McConnell to be the next John McCain or Mitt Romney, but his vote Friday against Pete Hegseth previewed some fascinating dynamics ahead.

Republican Senator Mitch McConnell's vote against Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, sparked criticism from some of the president's Make America Great Again (MAGA ...

Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell broke with his Republican colleagues by voting against U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Secretary Pete Hegseth's nomination on Friday, causing some of President ...

Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell expressed his thoughts Saturday on voting to confirm President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security.McConnell was a yes vote in the 59-34 ...

Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), who stepped down from the leadership at the end of last year, cast a surprise vote Friday night against Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said it was “alarming” that some of President Trump’s new hires in the Pentagon survived the vetting process. McConnell is urging the Trump administration to ...

WASHINGTON – Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell was one of three Republicans voting against the confirmation of Pete Hegseth on Friday to be secretary of Defense, though his appointment was approved ...

For most of U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell’s 18-year tenure as the Senate Republican Leader, he was vilified as an “establishment” do-nothing by Tea Party and MAGA activists. Throughout that time ...

Former Senate Republican Leader, Mitch McConnell on Friday night criticized President Donald Trump’s nominee for Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth, just before he was confirmed. DAILY POST ...

McConnell joined Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, moderates from Maine and Alaska respectively, in creating what would have been a tie had Vice President JD Vance not broken it, in his first such vote as President of the Senate.