Senate advanced a stopgap bill to reopen government and fund key programs. Vote drew bipartisan support to meet cloture while many Democrats opposed. Reps. Kiley and Liccardo propose a two‑year ...

Andy Barr isn’t even a declared U.S. Senate candidate, but a conservative Washington group has already tossed a shot across the bow, committing to oppose the Lexington congressman if he attempts to ...

The first meal consumed by President Donald Trump in his second term featured Angus rib eye, Chesapeake crab cake and Minnesota apples. And the gift bag to go at his inaugural presidential lunch ...

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New revelations of Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell’s private thoughts on former President Donald Trump reveal a vivid picture of disdain for a man he continues to publicly support. McConnell ...

It’s the Monday morning after the second attempt on Donald Trump’s life and Scott Jennings is seated inside a climate-controlled CNN studio on the west side of Manhattan ready to stand as a vessel for ...

Donald Trump’s campaign complained that speakers at the Democratic National Convention only mentioned the “border” a handful of times on Tuesday, while name-checking the former president in 55 ...

It was the first summer of the new Trump administration and an ambitious Democratic freshman senator was looking for the imprimatur of bipartisanship on an issue central to her biography. She eyed a ...

The news of Kamala Harris’ vice presidential selection broke on Tuesday morning, but Andy Beshear saw the writing on the wall days before. When he was not summoned for an in-person interview with the ...

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear made a valiant effort to position himself to be Kamala Harris’ running mate in a truncated campaign for the nation’s No. 2 job. But on Tuesday morning, the Democratic ...

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Ohio Sen. JD Vance weaved his Kentucky roots into his speech accepting the Republican nomination for vice president Wednesday night, declaring that he will ultimately be buried in the commonwealth.