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…
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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…
Opinion – Bill Straub: McConnell may be a sneaky, amoral fraud… but he’s our sneaky, amoral fraud
Sen. Mitch McConnell obviously is not a robust fellow at the age of 82 and recent incidents at least suggest…
Opinion – Bill Straub: McConnell is upset that three federal judges rescinded resignations and foiled his plans
Sen. Mitch McConnell has his drawers in a bunch again over a beleaguered outfit he has toyed with over the…
Opinion – Al Cross: McConnells influence goes underground
“We’re in the personnel business,” Sen. Mitch McConnell has said ever since he concluded the biggest piece of business in…
Opinion – Bill Straub: On presidential appointments, Gaetz is out; ‘interim appointments’ for others not assured
Like Nipper, the terrier depicted in the old RCA Victor logo, Mitch McConnell, the soon to be displaced Senate Republican…
Opinion — Bill Straub: As McConnell steps aside for Thune, his legacy is a sad one
Sen. Mitch McConnell didn’t ruin Congress. That distinction rests with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and his band of cutthroats…
McConnell announces U.S. Army contract to Kentucky-based company for first domestic production of TNT
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell announced the U.S. Army will award Repkon USA $435,000,000 to construct…