Mitch McConnell’s office releases new health update; senator will miss annual Fancy Farm picnic
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today Sen. Mitch McConnell’s office has released another statement about the senator’s recovery from a fall…
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Opinion – Bill Straub: In the wake of silence, we might say ‘shut it down, Mitch’ but his (essential) response is ‘I prefer not to’
The contretemps surrounding the fate of Sen. Mitch McConnell brings to mind, sadly, the death of Paul McCartney back in…
Opinion – Al Cross: McConnell created information vacuum, badly filled
Sen. Mitch McConnell has long followed the political maxim, “You can’t get into trouble for something you didn’t say,” but…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Wishing Mitch McConnell the best of health outcomes, but it is time he step aside
There’s an old story I’ve told before but it bears repeating under the circumstances. Charles de Gaulle, during his time…
McConnell’s hospitalization continues as Kentucky officials, constituents demand transparency
By McKenna Horsley Kentucky Lantern FRANKFORT — As U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell’s hospitalization nears one month, people in his home…
Kentucky Democratic Senate candidate says voters deserve ‘honest answer’ about McConnell’s health
By McKenna Horsley Kentucky Lantern The Kentucky Democrat who is hoping to succeed Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell says that…
Sen. Mitch McConnell is ‘fully engaged’ on Senate, KY matters amid hospitalization, spokesperson says
By McKenna Horsley Kentucky Lantern A spokesperson for U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell said the Kentucky Republican is keeping up with…
Primary ’26: Andy Barr and Charles Booker to face off to replace McConnell; two judge/executives lose, more . . .
Staff report The 2026 Kentucky primary is behind us, with turnout estimate to be about 17% of eligible voters. Here’s…
Opinion – Bill Straub: KY’s shattered Democratic party will need to find its savior if it is to survive
Alf Landon, the Republican governor of Kansas, suffered the misfortune of running for president in 1936 against a fellow named…
Thinking legacy, Mitch McConnell says he tried to help Kentucky punch above its weight
By Jamie Lucke Kentucky Lantern LEXINGTON — Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell defended NATO and said he supported “taking the…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Violence won’t solve our country’s differences, neither will silencing healthy debate
The term “waving the bloody shirt’’ has its origin in the tense, post-Civil War Reconstruction era, used to denounce the…
Opinion – Mitch McConnell: We must reject the political violence that took Charlie Kirk’s life
Charlie Kirk was a husband, a father of young children and a man of faith. His death this week is…
Opinion – Bill Straub: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire — a story already being written
Decades from now, an anonymous historian will dig through the rubble while researching his/her magnum opus, The Rise and Fall…
Al Cross: Will MAGA label work for Nate Morris in bid for Kentucky’s U.S. Senate seat?
FANCY FARM, Ky. – Just how MAGA is Kentucky? More pertinently, how MAGA are Kentucky Republicans? And most proximately, how…
Opinion – Bill Straub: McConnell shows contempt for his own voters with cavalier response to Medicaid cuts
Sen. Mitch McConnell, heading for the last round-up in his seemingly endless upper chamber tenure, is showing his true colors….
Opinion – Bill Straub: Andy Barr — in a surprise to no one — enters senate race by pandering to Trump
Rep. Andy Barr possesses a political attribute so remarkable he hopes to parlay it into a seat in the U.S….
Opinion – Bill Straub: Tariffs are taxes — and Trump’s hefty ones are fueling fears of recession
In a weird sort of way, President-cum-Dictator Donald J. Trump operates like a jazz musician – he keeps making things…
Opinion – Al Cross: Elected Republicans fear Trump, Musk, money and voters
For 236 years the United States has benefited from a government built on effective checks and balances among its three…
Opinion – John Schaaf: Shifty Barr betrays McConnell to get Musk cash
Kentuckians watching their Washington politicians are witnessing Representative Andy Barr betraying his friend and mentor Senator Mitch McConnell in a…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Wannabes lining up to replace McConnell and advance American un-exceptionalism
As Sen. Mitch McConnell bids adieu to a national scene he has managed to muck up over the past 40…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Mitch McConnell is stepping down, leaving mixed legacy — and a sad one
Mitch McConnell is hanging it up. Thursday, on the occasion of his 83rd birthday, McConnell, R-Louisville, took to the floor…
Opinion – Al Cross: Mitch McConnell’s last chance against Trump
Donald Trump has been back in office one month, and his job-approval ratings are his highest ever – but lower…