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Washington (AFP) - Mitch McConnell, the powerful US political tactician who has advanced conservative causes for years and been a strong defender of aid to Ukraine, announced abruptly Wednesday that he would leave his post as leader of the Republicans in the Senate later this year. His speech to the chamber came as a surprise and prompted lawmakers from both parties to give him a standing ovation, though he did not say if he was giving up his seat from the state of Kentucky, which he has held since 1985. "I stand before you today, Mr. President and my colleagues to say this will be my last ter...
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Washington (AFP) - Veteran US politician Mitch McConnell, 82, said Wednesday he would step down as leader of the Republican Party in the Senate later this year, ending his tenure as the longest-serving Senate leader in American history. "I stand before you today, Mr. President and my colleagues to say this will be my last term as Republican leader," McConnell said in chamber. His announcement came as a surprise and prompted lawmakers from both parties to give him a standing ovation. McConnell has been the powerful and largely unchallenged leader of Republicans in the Senate since 2015 and was ...
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Washington (AFP) - The 81-year-old leader of the US Senate's opposition Republicans was recovering from concussion in hospital Thursday after falling at a fundraiser at a Washington hotel, his office said. Mitch McConnell had delivered remarks at a Senate Leadership Fund dinner at the Waldorf Astoria, formerly the Trump International, before he lost his footing, according to fellow senators and his spokesman David Popp. "He is expected to remain in the hospital for a few days of observation and treatment. The leader is grateful to the medical professionals for their care and to his colleagues ...
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Washington (AFP) - Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday did not rule out voting to convict President Donald Trump as he was being impeached by the House of Representatives. "While the press has been full of speculation, I have not made a final decision on how I will vote and I intend to listen to the legal arguments when they are presented to the Senate," McConnell said in a note to Republican colleagues. Multiple press reports Tuesday said that McConnell, a steadfast ally of Trump for four years, was supportive of Democrats' decision to impeach him, believing he warranted the...
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Washington (AFP) - Vandals have targeted the homes of Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell and Democrat Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi with graffiti, fake blood and a pig's head, US media said. "Were's [sic] my money," and "Mitch kills the poor," was daubed on McConnell's front door and window in Louisville, Kentucky, US media reported. A pig's head and fake blood were left outside Pelosi's San Francisco home on January 2, according to local media Saturday. The houses of the top Republican and Democrat were targeted following intense debate over a Covid-19 stimulus bailout for American...
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Washington (AFP) - US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky won reelection Tuesday, ensuring that the most powerful Republican in Congress will remain in the chamber for another six years.McConnell was leading his Democratic challenger, former fighter pilot Amy McGrath, by 19 percentage points with more than 70 percent of precincts reporting, and Fox News and The New York Times called the race."You've given me the honor of a lifetime," McConnell said in a victory speech in Kentucky. "I'll always be grateful. I will never let you down."The Republican power broker, 78, has been an i...
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Washington (AFP) - Mitch McConnell, the top Republican in Congress, said Thursday he has avoided the White House for two months over concerns that officials like President Donald Trump have not taken sufficient coronavirus precautions.McConnell, the Senate majority leader and a Trump ally, told reporters in Kentucky that he and the president have "talked a lot on the telephone" but that he has not been to the executive mansion since August 6."My impression was, their approach to how to handle this was different from mine and what I insisted that we do in the Senate, which is to wear a mask and...
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