As the longest-serving Senate leader in history, McConnell developed a reputation for keeping his rank-and-file members in line and frustrating Democrats by relentlessly using procedural tactics to ...

Kennedy managed to allay the concerns of several key GOP senators over his anti-vaccine activism. Mitch McConnell was the ...

A survivor of childhood polio, Sen. Mitch McConnell was the only Republican in the Senate to vote No. Here's how he explained ...

Republican Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy says he is "struggling" with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. At the end of Kennedy's ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The Minnesota Senate remains entrenched in controversy as Sen. Doron Clark (DFL) was voted into office on Jan. 28, breaking the 33-33 split Senate in favor of the Democratic party. The session ...

It was the power-sharing agreement Democrats and Republicans reached prior to the legislative session that helped Mitchell save her seat, as Senate co-President Bobby Joe Champion ruled the motion ...

Senate DFLers shut down the Republican push to remove Mitchell with a procedural vote and they aren’t scheduled to reconvene until Thursday. Some Democrats have called for Mitchell to resign ...

A motion brought forward by Senator Jordan Rasmusson to expel Minnesota State Senator Nicole Mitchell has failed once again. The motion was brought forward on Monday, January 27 with Senator ...

Senate Republicans failed Monday to push a floor motion to expel Sen. Nicole Mitchell, DFL-Woodbury, who was charged with first-degree burglary in April. Authorities say Mitchell broke into her ...