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Sen. Mitch McConnell and other Republican senators are trying to build the case against a government option for health care.

In a perfect world, Bush, Cheney, Khamenei and Ahmadinejad would be headed for the World Court in Brussels this fall to stand trial for murder, torture and other crimes against humanity.

The Supreme Court's reversal Monday of a discrimination ruling involving a group of white Connecticut firefighters has provided critics of high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor with some fresh buckshot.

Senator Mitch McConnell , the Senate Republican Leader, introduced two new GOP leaders on Thursday.

Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell is hoping to name a new Veterans Affairs Hospital in Louisville, Ky.

From Wednesday's Globe and Mail, Thursday, Jun. 25, 2009 04:59AM EDT T he Americans can say what they like about their own health-care system.

Members of the U.S. Senate are expected to receive today four articles of impeachment against Judge Samuel B. Kent.

When he was fighting campaign finance reform a decade ago, Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., was dubbed Darth Vader by his critics.

One must wonder what Mitch McConnell paid or did to have the Washington Post's Perry Bacon, Jr.

Sen. Mitch McConnell spoke out week before last against bureaucrats telling people what kind of health care they can have.

Official Washington is all abuzz over honeybees. At the White House, two types of parasite-resistant honeybees developed by U.S. scientists will be delivered to the first family's new garden next month.

In this May 12, 2009 file photo, Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington.

The top Republican in the Senate says the nation will be buried in debt if Democratic efforts to overhaul health care become law.

Senator Christopher J. Dodd met with health care providers on Capitol Hill to discuss legislation on a health care overhaul.

In this Jan. 28, 2009, file photo, Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington.

The battle over health care reform will happen in the Senate, even though President Obama keeps getting all the attention, The Washington Post's The Fix reports.

Sen. John Ensign of Nevada, a conservative Republican with evident presidential ambitions, abruptly announced Tuesday he carried on an extramarital affair for much of last year with a woman on his campaign staff, a confession that jarred his scandal-weary state as well as his party.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told CNSNews.com Tuesday that he was not familiar with ABC's refusal to give Republicans an opportunity to voice their views when the network airs a special edition of "Primetime" from the White House on June 24 that will feature President Obama discussing his health-care reform plan.

Appearing on CBS' " Face the Nation " on Sunday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnel said that Senate Republicans have not ruled out a filibuster on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, The Hill reports.

Complaining about the Senate's plans to consider the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor before the August recess, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told Fox News that obstructing Sotomayor's confirmation is necessary to prevent a situation like Guantanamo Bay: "We don't want to have a situation like they did with Guantanamo where they didn't even ...