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Mitch McConnell
D.C.'s Premier Elder Care Community
Where your final years are active, dignified, and pretty much permanent.
Diehard Prohibitionist Mitch McConnell's State Just Became the 38th To Approve Medical Marijuana
Under the new Kentucky law, state-licensed dispensaries will begin serving qualifying patients in 2025.
Tucker Carlson Describes the Capitol Riot as 'Mostly Peaceful Chaos.' Is He Wrong?
Video footage and arrest data indicate that most of the Trump supporters who invaded the building did not commit violent crimes.
After Repeatedly Opposing Marijuana Banking Reform, Cory Booker Says It Is Urgently Needed
The senator bemoans the "cannabis crisis" he helped maintain by blocking the SAFE Banking Act.
Why Take Responsibility When You Can Blame Somebody Else?
The year’s highlights in buck passing feature petulant politicians, brazen bureaucrats, careless cops, loony lawyers, and junky journalists.
Don't Count on Criminal Prosecution To Hold Trump Accountable for His Egregious Post-Election Behavior
The final report from the January 6 select committee falls short of proving the elements required to convict the former president.
The Failure To Enact Marijuana Banking and Crack Sentencing Reforms Is a Window on Congressional Dysfunction
Although both bills have broad bipartisan support, they never got a vote in the Senate and were excluded from the omnibus spending bill.
Chuck Schumer Scrambles To Save the Marijuana Banking Bill He Blocked Last Year
The Senate majority leader is suddenly keen to pass legislation that he portrayed as a threat to broader reform.
Wallowing Around in a Gerontocracy
Plus: The editors consider what type of fresh attacks the marijuana legalization movement is likely to encounter.
Biden and Journalists Agree: Republicans Would Deliberately 'Crash' the Economy
But…does that make any sense?
What's Next for Russia's War in Ukraine?
There’s no endpoint in sight to a war that threatens widespread consequences.
Democrats May Pressure the GOP Into Making the Filibuster Meaningless
An old strategy that’s worked for Democrats before may work again.
McConnell Won't Block Debt Ceiling Increase, Says He Wants Democrats To 'Proudly Own It'
Plus: A Japanese billionaire will spend 12 days in space, Rep. Peter Meijer is resigned to a second political act for Donald Trump, and more...
Why Would Republicans Want a Credible, Nonpartisan Investigation of the Capitol Riot?
From Mitch McConnell's perspective, an independent commission can only mean trouble.
Will Democrats Really Nuke the Filibuster—and What Happens If They Do?
Are Mitch McConnell's threats credible, or is he a paper tiger?
Trump-Biden Continuity As U.S. Military Carries Out Airstrikes in Syria
Plus: The Republican Civil War has ended before it began, Mr. Potato Head rage is misplaced, and more...
After Voting to Acquit Trump, Mitch McConnell Explains Why He Was Guilty
The Senate minority leader's triangulation does not bode well for the GOP's ability to stand for something other than a personality cult.
Saying Trump 'Provoked' the Capitol Riot With 'Lies,' Mitch McConnell Tries To Distance His Party From a Dangerous Demagogue
The Senate minority leader sees a grave political risk in failing to repudiate the former president.
Trump Has Been Impeached—Again
Several House Republicans joined their colleagues across the aisle in the ultimate condemnation of Trump's role on Jan. 6.
5 Profiles in Courage and Cowardice in a Trump-Dominated GOP
Here is how Mitch McConnell, Mike Pence, Liz Cheney, Ted Cruz, and Josh Hawley responded to the president's election delusions.
Ted Cruz's Legally Groundless Challenge to Biden's Electoral Votes Was a Disgrace That Should Follow Him Forever
Cruz plunged into the constitutional abyss while Rand Paul stepped back, refusing to sacrifice democracy and the rule of law.
'Our Democracy Would Enter a Death Spiral': McConnell Rebukes Electoral Challenge Minutes Before Protesters Storm Capitol
The warning came a bit too late.
Pelosi and Schumer Agree to Bipartisan $900 Billion Coronavirus Relief Bill as McConnell Pushes for $500 Billion
The top Democrats originally supported a $2.2 trillion measure.
The Next COVID Stimulus Bill Could Cost Trillions of Dollars or Might Not Happen at All
There's a fox, a goose, and a bag of grain. And a hippopotamus in the middle of the river.
Donald Trump Switches Positions Again, Says Stimulus Negotiations Are Back On
The president's erraticism and Senate Republican opposition might save taxpayers from having to shell out for another 10-digit relief package.
Partisan Poppycock Does Not Trump the Constitution on SCOTUS Picks
The restrictions imagined by Republicans in 2016 or by Democrats now are nothing but self-serving nonsense.
GOP Unveils $500 Billion 'Skinny' Stimulus That's Dead on Arrival
Democrats are proposing $3 trillion.
Senate Republicans' $1 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Bill Includes Billions for New Fighter Jets, Attack Helicopters, and Missiles
Much of the military spending in the GOP's HEALS Act replaces funding that was redirected to pay for Trump's border wall.
What Is Dexamethasone? A Potentially Life-Saving Treatment for Seriously Ill COVID-19 Patients
Plus: The U.S. Supreme Court stops an execution at the last minute, a senator argues that you shouldn't get HBO GO for free, and more...
The FDA Is Stunting the Growth of America's Nascent Legal Hemp Industry
The hemp boom has failed to materialize, and regulatory uncertainty is to blame.
The Next Coronavirus Stimulus Bill Is Here. It's a $3 Trillion Spending Plan That Bails Out States and the Post Office.
The new bill includes another round of stimulus checks for all Americans, funds additional coronavirus testing, and spends billions to bail out states and government agencies straining under pension debt.
Sen. Mitch McConnell Looks To Undermine Efforts to Protect Americans From Secret FBI Surveillance
An amendment to a FISA renewal bill would let the FBI snoop on your online browser history.
Senate Approves Fourth Round of Coronavirus Spending: $484 Billion for Small Businesses, Testing, Hospitals
The deal primarily sets aside $320 billion for the Paycheck Protection Program for small businesses.
Trump Wants $2 Trillion, Pelosi Wants $1 Trillion, for Next Coronavirus Spending Bill
President Donald Trump, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi all agree that a fourth spending bill will happen in April but are haggling over the cost.
The Calvinball Impeachment Trial Begins
Republicans and Democrats sparred over which rules should stay and which should go.
Mitch McConnell Revises Impeachment Rules After Bipartisan Backlash
President Donald Trump is still heading for an almost certain acquittal.
House Votes To Send Impeachment Articles to Senate as New Evidence Comes to Light
President Donald Trump's trial will likely begin next week.
Mitch McConnell: This Is the 'Most Rushed, Least Thorough, and Most Unfair Impeachment Inquiry in Modern History'
The majority leader addressed the Senate the morning after President Donald Trump was officially impeached by the House of Representatives.
The Republican Party's Retirement Problem
Trump makes life miserable for GOP lawmakers—and party leadership only makes it worse.
Jon Stewart Is Sanctimonious, but Congress Should Be Better at Doing Its Job
The fight over the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund is pure political theater.
House Tries To Give 'Dreamers' a Path to Citizenship, but Mitch McConnell Won't Even Consider the Bill
The Senate majority leader says he will not allow a vote on it, despite widespread support for the measure.
House Freedom Caucus Too Busy Scolding Justin Amash To Care About Today's Bipartisan Budget Apocalypse
What's the point of a "limited government" bloc that doesn't limit government?
Senate Bill Would Ban Smoking and Vaping for Americans Under Age 21
Plus: Six-week abortion bans are proliferating, extremism as excuse for censorhip, Soylent made a snack bar
