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...Even McConnell, who had earned a grudging respect among his partisan rivals for failing to kowtow to resurgent Trumpism, has endorsed his candidacy....
...The letter is addressed to both Senate Majority and Minority Leaders Charles Schumer and Mitch McConnell, as well as leading senators such as Republican Patrick Toomey and Democrat Ron Wyden, both of whom...
...As well as Hassett, John Paulson, Jeff Yass and Scott Bessent, the top hedge fund managers, might be in the mix for senior economic roles....
...Mitch McConnell has won re-election as Republican leader in the Senate after quashing an attempt by a group of Donald Trump-backed lawmakers to replace him with Rick Scott, the Florida senator....
...There are some glaring absences this year, however, including Florida governor Ron DeSantis and Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell....
...“McConnell and his team are not impressed with the operation over there,” Eberhart said. “[Rick Scott] has made a mess and McConnell has had to come clean it up.”...
...This year’s “longest lunch” will be helmed by chef Andrew McConnell of Gimlet at Cavendish House, which has been named one of the 100 best restaurants in the world....
...Tim Scott, the Republican senator from South Carolina who is expected to formally launch his own campaign this month, has also not commented....
...Meanwhile, Rick Scott, a Republican senator from Florida close to Trump, said he would try to unseat Mitch McConnell, the veteran senator from Kentucky, from his role as party leader in the upper chamber...
...such as Rick Scott, the Florida senator who led the Republicans’ midterm campaign efforts and has locked horns with McConnell in recent months....
...McConnell ultimately survived the leadership challenge from Scott by a vote of 37-10, but Republicans on Capitol Hill believe it is still too early to tell whether the healing can begin....
...Biskupic also highlights the crucial role played by Mitch McConnell....
...“We ended up having a candidate quality test,” McConnell said. “Hopefully, in the next cycle we will have quality candidates everywhere and a better outcome.”...
...McConnell was easily re-elected, receiving 37 votes, compared to 10 for Scott, who was backed by Trump and some rightwing senators....
...Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, South Carolina’s senator, Tim Scott, and Virginia’s governor, Glenn Youngkin, are the most plausible....
...Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the Senate, said he was “horrified and disgusted” by reports of the attack....
...Outside there was indisputably bonny country, something the train management seemed keen to emphasise by offering no WiFi on board....
...Somewhat more comically, after Senate leader Mitch McConnell refused to put forward any midterm agenda, senator Rick Scott published “An 11 Point Plan to Rescue America” with only one tax provision: a tax...
...“We’re going to take it all the way to the end,” McConnell said last month when questioned about the Georgia race....
...The note said, “To the Lady of the Lake from the King of the Isles”, her bonny prince Edwin....
...The reaction to the death of Queen Elizabeth II, aged 96, was sufficiently powerful to prompt a rare outbreak of bipartisanship in Washington, where Republican senator Mitch McConnell led lawmakers from...
...Chicago private equity firm GTCR has promoted Luke Marker, Stephen Master, and KJ McConnell from managing director to principal....
...*This story has been amended since initial publication to note that Tim Scott represents South Carolina....
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