Author: Emily Jacobs

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) endorsed former President Donald Trump’s bid to return to the White House on Wednesday, getting behind his political foe as he locks up the Republican presidential nomination.  McConnell said it was “no surprise” that Trump will once again be the GOP nominee after he trounced former U.N. Ambassador Nikki…

Republican senators from Super Tuesday states who are remaining neutral in the 2024 GOP primary declined to reveal who they voted for. Despite the fact that former President Donald Trump has secured the endorsements of more than half of the Senate Republican Conference, a number of members have maintained that they won’t weigh in before…

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) said Tuesday he has no timeline for launching a bid for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) role as the top Republican in the conference. Scott, 71, has said he is “seriously considering” entering the contest for the top job, but he declined to discuss anything but his own reelection at…

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) announced on Tuesday that she will not seek a second term, setting her Democratic and GOP challengers up for a two-way race.  The independent senator’s decision to not run for reelection comes after nearly a year of speculation about her political future. Should she have chosen to run, the race would have put Sinema’s…

Senate Republican Conference Chairman John Barrasso (R-WY) announced on Tuesday he will run to replace Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD) as the No. 2 Senate Republican. Barrasso was among the three front-runners for outgoing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) role, and his decision to seek the GOP whip role instead means he is…

Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz pushed back on Monday against reports that he was visiting the United States against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wishes. Gantz, a centrist political figure and one of Netanyahu’s chief rivals, is in Washington, D.C., for meetings with senior U.S. officials, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Minority…

Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig announced on Monday he was endorsing former Rep. Mike Rogers, his former GOP primary rival, in the race to fill retiring Sen. Debbie Stabenow’s (D-MI) seat next year.  Craig was one of Rogers’s leading competitors when he dropped out of the primary race last month, making the endorsement a…

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) shocked his colleagues and onlookers alike when he voted against the defense supplemental security bill in February. The decision was a major reversal for Graham, who had spent months working with a bipartisan coalition to get a package aiding Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan, and the U.S. southern border to the Senate floor.…