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Republican Sen. Rand Paul defeats Democrat Charles Booker in Kentucky's US Senate election
Booker, the first Black person to be a major party nominee for US Senate in Kentucky, seeks an unli…
Hanna Kang
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Democratic Senate candidate wears noose around his neck in ad hitting Sen. Rand Paul's past opposition to an anti-lynching bill and criticism of the Civil Rights Act
Democrat Charles Booker, seeking to oust the Republican incumbent this year, also noted that Paul o…
Bryan Metzger
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Amy McGrath won Kentucky's Democratic primary for US Senate to face Mitch McConnell in November
Former Lt. Colonel Amy McGrath won a tighter-than-expected race against Kentucky State Representati…
Grace Panetta
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Black Senate candidates are experiencing a fundraising bonanza in key 2022 races
Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia raised $9.5 million in the last quarter, while Rep. Val Demings of …
John L. Dorman
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'An absolute field day': Tesco and Booker's £3.7 billion merger could be a competition headache
Monteyne expects Tesco and Booker to sell off some of its convenience store network to get past the…
Oscar Williams-Grut
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Cory Booker Will Likely Be Running For Senate Against The Biggest Nerd In Congress
Holt jumped out to a lead in the categories of “Presidential Rhyme Time” (A clue: Herbert’s militar…
Brett LoGiurato
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Rand Paul calls for repeal of Espionage Act amid DOJ investigation into Trump taking classified documents to Mar-a-Lago
The DOJ is investigating if Donald Trump broke the Espionage Act. But Rand Paul, a GOP senator, wan…
Joshua Zitser
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The US Army needs tanks to win a war in the Pacific, but it knows the Abrams isn't the right tank for the job
Russia and China have studied the US Army's tanks, and they're fielding new weapons that present mo…
Michael Peck
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Kentucky's Democratic governor says it would be 'indefensible' for Biden to nominate an anti-abortion Republican to a lifetime federal judgeship
Gov. Andy Beshear confirmed the planned nomination on Thursday, and the judge that Biden plans to r…
Bryan Metzger
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LIVE RESULTS: Kentucky holds US Senate, House, and state legislative primary elections
Democratic candidates are vying to succeed influential retiring House Budget Chair Rep. John Yarmut…
Grace Panetta
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Mitch McConnell says he's offended by criticism and calls his remarks on African-American voters an 'inadvertent omission'
"I've never been accused of this kind of thing before. It's hurtful," Mitch McConnell said after be…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Biden was poised to nominate an anti-abortion attorney to a federal judgeship on the day Roe v. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court: report
"If the president makes that nomination, it is indefensible," Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear said of …
John L. Dorman
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A long-shot Democratic candidate raised more than $15.6 million to defeat Marjorie Taylor Greene. He lost by 31 points.
Democratic candidate Marcus Flowers raised more than all but five House members in a race that was …
Bryan Metzger
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Mitch McConnell said Black people show up to vote just as much as 'Americans' after the voting rights bill failed in the Senate
"McConnell's comments suggesting African Americans aren't fully American wasn't a Freudian slip — i…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Emotional video shows the moment a crowd of voters was allowed into a polling place in Kentucky after a judge's ruling briefly reopened it
A judge granted an injunction to reopen the only polling place for Jefferson County to allow voters…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Sen. Rand Paul confronted by foul-mouthed constituent during a virtual town hall meeting
The interaction with Kentucky Senator Rand Paul was posted on TikTok and went viral before being de…
Alia Shoaib
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One of Kentucky's largest newspapers endorsed Mitch McConnell challenger Amy McGrath
"McConnell purports to care about Kentucky and the country, but time and again, he has chosen the G…
Inyoung Choi
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Trump's picks for his 'National Garden of American Heroes' include Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Kobe Bryant, and a quiz-show host
Trump picked a diverse and curious selection of famous Americans for his proposed National Garden o…
Thomas Colson
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A 42-year-old Breonna Taylor activist was fatally shot in Kentucky weeks after the death of an organizer who was half his age
The fatal shooting of activist Kris Smith, 42, on Friday came weeks after organizer Travis Nagdy, 2…
Taylor Ardrey
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Texas bill that would allow college athletes to sign lucrative endorsement deals passed an important hurdle
The Texas state legislature approved a bill on Thursday that allows student athletes to make money …