Mitch Mcconnell

US Senate votes to temporarily extend debt ceiling to avoid default as Democrats Republicans agree to a stop-gap fix

The breakthrough — which temporarily defers the crisis by adding another $480 billion to the allowable debt total — came with an estimated 11 days to go until the country would no longer have been able to borrow money or pay off loans for the first time in its history

'A tremendous complication': Donald Trump's lingering presence in politics fuels tensions among Republicans

The former president’s insistence on leading the party 'affects every member,' a veteran Republican fundraiser said

Why remove Donald Trump now? A guide to the second impeachment of a president

While the House moved with remarkable speed to impeach Trump, a Senate trial to determine whether to remove him cannot begin until 19 January, his final full day in office

'Coup attempt': US Congress to resume counting electoral votes after protesters storm Capitol

In a scene of unrest seldom witnessed in the history of the US capital, hundreds of people in the mob barrelled past fence barricades outside the Capitol and clashed with officers

Mitch McConnell, Nancy Pelosi's homes vandalised after US Congress fails to approve $2,000 stimulus checks

At Pelosi's home in San Francisco, someone spray-painted graffiti and left a pig’s head and fake blood on New Year’s Day, while profanity directed at McConnell was painted under his mailbox

'Electoral College has spoken': US Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell finally acknowledges Joe Biden's victory

The Republican leader's statement, delivered in a speech on the Senate floor, ends weeks of silence over President Donald Trump's defeat

'Loser': A look at how lifelong fear bookended Donald Trump's presidency

Many observers of Trump family history have reflected on the influence of the patriarch, developer Fred Trump, who had his own version of the binary taxonomy of humanity: The strong and the weak

Joe Biden formally designated apparent winner of 3 Nov election by GSA administrator

Most of Donald Trump’s Republican allies had stood by his side as he attempted to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the 3 November election

Donald Trump said to be readying to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia

Trump’s national security advisor, Robert O’Brien, said last month that the United States would withdraw about 2,500 troops from Afghanistan by early next year

Donald Trump demonstrates respect for neither Ruth Bader Ginsburg, nor the rules

In the context of some epic cheating, jamming yet another of Donald Trump's nominees onto the Supreme Court as the clock runs out is nothing