Get To Know Your Customers Day happens four times a year, on the third Thursday of January, April, July, and October, but the practice behind it shouldn’t be a quarterly event. The most loyal ...

Andy Barr isn’t even a declared U.S. Senate candidate, but a conservative Washington group has already tossed a shot across the bow, committing to oppose the Lexington congressman if he attempts to ...

As the Trump administration makes good on its promise to arrest and deport hundreds of people in the country illegally, Kentucky’s junior senator is offering a solution for those who haven’t committed ...

After weeks of speculation, Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell voted Thursday to put Pete Hegseth on the brink of confirmation to become the nation’s next defense secretary. The procedural vote of 51-49 ...

The first meal consumed by President Donald Trump in his second term featured Angus rib eye, Chesapeake crab cake and Minnesota apples. And the gift bag to go at his inaugural presidential lunch ...

JD Vance, who is set to be sworn in as vice president in one week, made a visit to Breathitt County on Monday to pay his respects to family buried in a cemetery there. “Five generations of my family ...

Congressman Andy Barr will join a host of Republicans heading to Mar-a-Lago this weekend to huddle with President-elect Donald Trump to plot legislative strategy for passing a multi-faceted GOP bill ...

Rep. James Comer met with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy at the U.S. Capitol Thursday afternoon to discuss the duo’s plan to drastically reduce the size and scope of the federal government by $2 ...

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Jul 30, 2024; Washington, DC, USA; Senate Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Rand Paul, R-Ky., is seen before Ronald L. Rowe, Jr, Acting Director of the U.S. Secret Service and Paul Abbate, ...

New revelations of Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell’s private thoughts on former President Donald Trump reveal a vivid picture of disdain for a man he continues to publicly support. McConnell ...

It wouldn’t be the throes of a Senate campaign cycle if politicians in both parties weren’t disparaging Mitch McConnell. With control of the chamber’s majority hinging on just a couple of seats, the ...