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In this Dec. 31, 2020, photo, President Donald Trump arrives on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Trump demands Senate GOP show strength by using debt limit to kill Biden’s social welfare bill

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters after a Republican policy meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

McConnell praises infrastructure bill as ‘godsend’ for Kentucky

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Mitch McConnell: Mets, Yankees may have to leave New York City

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters after a Republican strategy meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell echoes GOP fury over Biden’s reported plan to pay families separated at the border

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters after a Republican strategy meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

McConnell warns Democrats on judiciary attacks

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 7, 2021, photo, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks to a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington. The dangerous standoff in Congress over raising the debt limit as well as its ultimate resolution both were engineered by McConnell, the Republican leader determined to stop President Joe Biden’s agenda even if it pushes the country toward grave economic uncertainty. McConnell is no longer the majority leader of the Senate, but he is exerting the power of the minority in new and uncharted ways. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

McConnell joins Senate Judiciary Republicans in slamming AG’s school board memo

By Joseph Clark and Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

Illustration on the filibuster by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Republicans should be in favor of getting rid of the filibuster

By Michael McKenna

In this Dec. 5, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally for Senate Republican candidates in Valdosta, Ga. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

‘Big mistake’: Trump blasts McConnell over debt ‘lifeline,’ says Senate GOP needs new leader

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., leaves the chamber after speaking, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. Republican and Democratic senators have edged back from a perilous standoff over lifting the nation's borrowing cap and will likely extend the deadline until December. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

McConnell warns Biden that Schumer’s ‘tantrum’ spells end of GOP cooperation on debt

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks to the chamber for a vote, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. Senate leaders announced an agreement to extend the government's borrowing authority into December, temporarily averting an unprecedented default that experts say would have decimated the economy. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate narrowly passes short-term debt ceiling hike, delaying default showdown and dividing GOP

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., leaves the chamber after speaking, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. Republican and Democratic senators have edged back from a perilous standoff over lifting the nation's borrowing cap and will likely extend the deadline until December. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘We blinked’: McConnell criticized by other GOP senators over debt ceiling deal

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, as a showdown looms with Democrats over raising the debt limit. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell offers Democrats a way out of debt ceiling standoff

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is surrounded by journalists as he walks to the Senate Chamber for a vote as Democrats look for a way to lift the debt limit without Republican votes, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans, Democrats agree to delay debt ceiling showdown until December

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Psaki mum on McConnell’s proposals to avert U.S. default

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 14, 2021, photo, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington. McConnell has warned Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen he is not budging on his demand that Democrats go it alone on the federal debt limit, deepening the emerging standoff in Congress over how to boost the government's borrowing authority. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

McConnell: Democrats’ ‘Frankenstein’ elections bill is not compromise

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett speaks to an audience at the 30th anniversary of the University of Louisville McConnell Center in Louisville, Ky., Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

‘Hyper vigilant’: Justice Amy Coney Barrett worried over partisan perception of Supreme Court

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn - Associated Press

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. addresses the audience at the Kentucky Farm Bureau Ham Breakfast at the Kentucky State Fair in Louisville, Ky., Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley) **FILE**

McConnell dismisses GOP’s Biden impeachment chatter: ‘That’s not going to happen’

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 12, 2017 file photo, U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announces new voluntary safety guidelines for self-driving cars during a visit to an autonomous vehicle testing facility at the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, Mich. The Trump administration announced its most recent round of guidelines for autonomous vehicle makers, continuing to rely on the industry to police itself despite calls for specific regulations. Chao announced the proposed guidelines in a speech Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020 at the CES gadget show in Las Vegas, saying in prepared remarks that “AV 4.0” will ensure U.S. leadership in developing new technologies.(Hunter Dyke/The Ann Arbor News via AP, File) **FILE**

Trump Cabinet member Chao on tenure at Transportation: ‘We tried our best’

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. addresses the audience at the Kentucky Farm Bureau Ham Breakfast at the Kentucky State Fair in Louisville, Ky., Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

McConnell: Biden’s Afghanistan decisions among worst in history, ‘much worse than Saigon’

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks to reporters about the ongoing situation in Afghanistan during a news conference in Louisville, Ky., Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

McConnell urges Biden to extend Aug. 31 Afghan withdrawal deadline

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times