Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell could find himself facing off against a former Miss America in his bid for re-election next year.

First Hollywood, now a beauty queen. The "maybe" challengers for the Senate seat held by Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, have moved from Ashley Judd — who decided against a run weeks ago — to Heather French Henry, Miss America for 2000. "I'm not saying no yet, but I'm ...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he wouldn't block the bipartisan immigration overhaul on Tuesday, and Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Patrik Leahy said he will hold off — "with a heavy heart" — on a controversial amendment offering green cards to spouses of gay couples, even as Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol came out against the bill, and 150 conservatives signed ...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that he will not block efforts to bring the immigration bill by the bipartisan "Gang of Eight" to the Senate floor.

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday urged Congress not to extend import sanctions on Myanmar, warning that sticking with the sanctions would be "a slap in the face" to reformers in the Southeast Asian nation. Mr. McConnell said Congress must end the sanctions as an acknowledgement of the reforms ...