Opinion – Sen. Mitch McConnell: Untimely death of president of Iran does not change regime’s threats
U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks Monday on the Senate floor regarding Iran: “Last night,…
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Opinion – Mitch McConnell: Sobering lessons have been drawn from Russian aggression in Ukraine
U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks Tuesday on the Senate floor regarding the anniversary of…
Opinion – Mitch McConnell: National security bill is a major investment in American strength and credibility
This year marks four decades since President Reagan’s landslide reelection victory in 1984, and my first election to the U.S….
Opinion – Bill Straub: GOP’s foreign aid and border debacles lay bare polarity between Paul, McConnell
WASHINGTON – Sen. Rand Paul, who has proved over the years to be as useless as a fishnet handkerchief, has…
Opinion – Al Cross: McConnell meets another legacy moment
When Mitch McConnell kept the Supreme Court from going liberal, then worked with Donald Trump to remake it and other…
Bill Straub: House Republicans are moving along, without sufficient evidence, on Biden impeachment
House Republicans, unrenowned for their lucidity these days, are hell-bent to impeach President Biden, perhaps before the year is out,…
Mitch McConnell: Biden administration regulations further Democrat war on affordable energy
“I want you to look me in the eyes,” President Biden told a young woman during his 2020 presidential campaign….
Mitch McConnell: President Biden’s regulatory overreach will wreak havoc on rural America
President Biden kicked off April by dealing America’s farmers and small businesses yet another blow in the name of his…
Bill Straub: Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose — but big loser Tuesday was definitely Donald Trump
WASHINGTON – The late Al Smith, my old mentor, and a renowned raconteur used to tell a story about Frank…
Constance Alexander: Those ‘old enough to know better’ should have grace to know enough is enough
For most of us, aging with grace is a goal. Reaping the benefits of life experience, we aspire to be…
Mitch McConnell: Kentucky’s communities will bounce back from last year’s natural disasters
When I visited Mayfield in mid-December last year, the town was a scene of total devastation. The tornado that ripped…
Al Cross: Kentucky officeholders use their power, official and unofficial
The use of power in American politics is a subject of much study. In the last week or so, we’ve…
Bill Straub: Play with fire, get burned; Trump is making that clear when it comes to Mitch McConnell
It would be inaccurate to maintain that former President Donald J. Trump has finally gone off the rails — the…
Bill Straub: McConnell urges vaccinations against COVID, is ‘perplexed’ they are falling below expectations
Mitch McConnell admits to being “perplexed.” Let’s see if we can straighten things out for him. The Senate Republican leader…
Bill Straub: Despite his early condemnation of Jan. 6 events, McConnell’s one true allegiance remains clear
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell displayed, for him, at least, rare courage and righteousness on Jan. 6 and he has…
Bill Straub: If you wonder what’s up, it’s that Mitch McConnell, GOP are ready to ‘Defend White People’
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is notorious for playing things close to the vest. This is the man who, after…
Bill Straub: Bipartisan commission on Supreme Court should perhaps consider term limits
Now that Republicans have made hash out of the supposedly non-political U.S. Supreme Court with a series of underhanded maneuvers,…
Bill Straub: Where oh where is McConnell’s infrastructure plan to fix all the bridges and roads?
It would be redundant to note that the term “infrastructure week,” invoked during the administration of erstwhile President Donald J….
Leroy Gessmann: Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act ignores small business backbone of the sport
By the time this op-ed goes to print, the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) could very well be headed…
Mitch McConnell: Let’s keep our front row seat in the U.S. Senate
When I first went to the Senate, I was the lowest man on the totem pole with a desk in…
Amy McGrath: We can rebuild Kentucky even stronger but first there must be positive change
Over the last two weeks in Kentucky, we have had our two highest weekly coronavirus case counts yet. Meanwhile, nationwide,…
Bill Straub: McConnell was punched out in the debate with clear-winner McGrath; will it make a difference?
The most provocative, and therefore most interesting, moment in Monday’s televised debate pitting Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch’’ McConnell against…