Mitch McConnell says the current era is “the most dangerous since before World War II,” citing echoes of 1930s isolationism. He criticises Trump’s tariff policies, comparing them to those that worsened the Great Depression. McConnell calls for stronger US preparedness against threats from Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea. Ex-US Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, … Read more
He fell at a private dinner in a Washington DC Hotel He suffered from polio as a child which made him less mobile than other children his age He had previously suffered a fall in early August 2019 where he fractured his shoulder Eko Hot Blog reports that US Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has … Read more
The agreement comes less than two weeks before 18 October, the day the US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned was the deadline to prevent the first ever US default United States Senators have agreed to extend the country’s debt ceiling, less than two weeks before it was due to be reached. A debt ceiling is … Read more
The bill consists of an expansive wish list of progressive priorities, such as requiring 15 days of early voting and mail-in voting. The United States Senate, on Tuesday, will vote on whether to advance the Democrats’ sweeping election overhaul legislation, an attempt that is likely to be foiled by a Republican-backed filibuster. The Democratic-controlled Senate … Read more
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The US Senate’s Republican leader has rejected calls from an unlikely alliance of President Donald Trump, congressional Democrats and some Republicans to boost coronavirus aid. Mitch McConnell said hiking aid cheques from $600 (£440) to $2,000 would be “another fire hose of borrowed money”. BBC reports that the Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives had voted … Read more