Mitch Mcconnell

Trump nominees should 'steer clear' of undermining polio vaccine: McConnell

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, a childhood polio survivor, said any of President-elect Donald Trump's nominees seeking confirmation should steer clear of efforts to discredit the polio vaccine. Efforts to undermine public confidence in proven cures are not just uninformed they're dangerous, McConnell said in a Friday statement. Anyone seeking the Senate's consent to serve in the incoming Administration would do well to steer clear of even the appearance of association with such efforts. The 82-year-old lawmaker's statement appeared to be directed at Trump's nominee for health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., after a report that one of his advisors filed a petition to revoke approval for the polio vaccine in 2022. It was a sign that Kennedy, who has long advanced the debunked idea that vaccines cause autism, could face resistance in the soon-to-be GOP-controlled Senate. Mr. Kennedy believes the Polio Vaccine should be available to the public and thoroughly and properly .

US Senator freezes during press conference, returns to say "I'm fine"

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell froze up during a press conference and was escorted back to his office by his colleagues in the Republican leadership

Mitch McConnell re-elected as Republican leader in United States Senate

Mitch McConnell has been re-elected as Republican leader in the US Senate

McConnell warns Democrats of fallout for reviving climate spending package

McConnell is moving to complicate Democratic plans by warning that Republicans would react by stopping separate semiconductor legislation

Joe Biden set to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan by September 11

Biden's decision would miss a May 1 deadline for withdrawal agreed to with the Taliban by his predecessor Donald Trump

Donald Trump goes after Pence, McConnell in speech to party donors

Trump shattered two days of relative peace in his closing remarks to the GOP's top donors when he insulted the party's Senate leader and his wife

Trump slams former ally McConnell, calls him 'dour, sullen political hack'

Trump's response comes days after McConnell had voted to acquit Trump during the latter's impeachment trial

McConnell holds Donald Trump's fate as impeachment heads to Senate

McConnell told Republican colleagues in a letter Wednesday he would block starting an impeachment trial before Joe Biden takes office Jan. 20 and control of the Senate shifts to Democrats

An attack on America

Donald Trump has irreparably damaged US power

Mitch McConnell rebuffs Trump, Democrats by blocking $2,000 cheques

McConnell objected to a motion by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to approve by unanimous consent a stimulus-checks bill that passed the House on Monday

Wall Street slips from record levels, additional stimulus uncertain

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 101.76 points, or 0.33%, to 30,302.21, the S&P 500 lost 9.84 points, or 0.26%, to 3,725.52 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 57.54 points, or 0.45%, to 12,841.89

Mitch McConnell, other GOP leaders back Donald Trump in questioning results

McConnell and Republican leaders in Congress have withheld any congratulations or acknowledgement of the results since Biden took on the mantle of president-elect on Saturday

Senate leader McConnell blasts impeachment, says will vote to acquit Trump

McConnell said the two impeachment charges against Trump that he abused his power and obstructed Congress' ensuing investigation are constitutionally incoherent

Meet Mitch McConnell, the president's man in the Senate

McConnell's actions on health care may be a strategy to meet demands of his party and his president