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Capitol physician medically clears McConnell after health scares prompt new questions over his leadership position

Manu Raju, CNN August 31, 2023

CNN -- Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell is medically cleared to continue his schedule, the US Capitol physician said Thursday, after he froze for the second time in as many months in public. The statement...

Democrats aspire to flip US Senate seat in solid red Ohio

Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press November 8, 2022

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A coveted open seat in the U.S. Senate has sparked a closer-than-expected faceoff to be decided Tuesday between Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan and Republican "Hillbilly Elegy" author...

Senate passes stopgap bill to avert shutdown, aid Ukraine

Kevin Freking, Associated Press September 29, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed a short-term spending bill on Thursday that would avert a partial government shutdown when the current fiscal year ends at midnight Friday and provide another infusion...

Mitch McConnell gives big boost to electoral bill in response to January 6 attack

Alex Rogers and Manu Raju, CNN September 27, 2022

(CNN) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Tuesday he would support legislation that would make it harder to overturn a certified presidential election, an endorsement that will bolster...

House set to vote Friday on $2 trillion stimulus as coronavirus crisis worsens

(CNN) -- The House of Representatives on Friday will attempt to approve the historic $2 trillion stimulus package that passed the Senate earlier this week and clear the way for President Donald Trump's...

Top congressional negotiators signaled March 24, 2020, that a bipartisan deal on a massive stimulus package to respond to the coronavirus crisis is imminent. Shown are Nancy Pelosi, left, the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader in the U.S. Senate. 

Congress unlikely to give stimulus deal final approval Tuesday

(CNN) -- Top negotiators signaled on Tuesday that a bipartisan deal on a massive stimulus package to respond to the coronavirus crisis is imminent, but by early evening a final deal still had not been...

OPINION: COVID-19

Nicholas Hunter March 16, 2020

I’ll cut to the chase: I’m scared of the coronavirus.I have a chronic lung disease called cystic fibrosis and I’m a lung transplant recipient because of it. Right now, I’m the healthiest I’ve...

The Fashion School hosts lecture on fashion, style, popular Japanese culture

Gershon Harrell Fashion reporter November 2, 2019

Students, staff and faculty gathered in the Kent State University Museum auditorium to listen to Associate Professor of Media Studies Jin Nakamura from Atomi University, Japan. Nakamura spoke to the audience...