Mitch McConnell

On Cincinnati Edition's weekly news review, local journalists join us to talk about the big stories from recent days.

McConnell told reporters in Northern Kentucky that regime change in Iran is essential. He didn't address a Tuesday post by President Donald Trump promising "a whole civilization will die tonight" if Iran doesn't agree to a ceasefire and open up the Strait of Hormuz.

Republican Sens. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul of Kentucky both issued statements praising the high court's ruling, consistent with their past criticisms of Trump's tariff policy.

The continuing resolution to end the federal government shutdown passed by the U.S. Senate Monday included a late provision from Sen. Mitch McConnell that drew the ire of Sen. Rand Paul, his Kentucky GOP colleague.

With only one Democrat speaking at the western Kentucky political event, the jabs and jeers of Fancy Farm turned inwards as the GOP candidates jockeyed for the opportunity to replace U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell.

McConnell says the bill would close an unintended loophole from his 2018 bill to legalize hemp, but industry leaders fear a ban could decimate the industry.

It's not the first time Kentucky's senior Senator has made such remarks in public, but these may be his most forceful yet.

During recent remarks Glasgow, Kentucky, the state's senior senator cited historical examples of how tariff policy has failed.

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Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell is ending his decades-long tenure as a power broker who championed conservative causes but ultimately ceded ground to the fierce GOP populism of President Donald Trump.