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Historians rank best and worst US presidents in CSPAN survey ...
Jul 1, 2021 · Franklin D. Roosevelt came in third with a score of 841. His strongest quality was public persuasion, 94.8, followed by vision and setting an agenda, 92, and crisis leadership, 91.6.
2024 election results: James Comer, Thomas Massie reelected
Nov 5, 2024 · Rep. James Comer easily won reelection Tuesday night to represent Kentucky’s 1st District, a district that sprawls from West Kentucky up to the commonwealth’s capital city of Frankfort.. Comer ...
MAGA Republicans call for retirement after McConnell falls
Dec 12, 2024 · Washington, D.C. Mitch McConnell’s fall this week in the U.S. Capitol — his fourth public health episode in the past 21 months — is spurring fresh calls from Republicans for his resignation ...
GOP picks Hill over Barr for key House committee post | McClatchy ...
Dec 12, 2024 · Washington, D.C. Kentucky Rep. Andy Barr lost a Republican caucus vote to run a key House committee on Thursday, instantly increasing the odds he’ll turn his attention to running for U.S. Senate ...
Fact check: What Trump really said about Ku Klux Klan
Mar 2, 2016 · WASHINGTON. What Donald Trump said – and did not say – about the Ku Klux Klan and former Klansman David Duke has emerged as a major controversy in the 2016 presidential campaign.
KY Congressman Thomas Massie back to work after wife’s death ...
Jul 11, 2024 · The Northern Kentucky congressman announced the passing of his wife, Rhonda Massie, on June 27. Thomas Massie denied “internet conspiracy theories” surrounding her death.
Who’s mad at McConnell? Both Republicans and Democrats in …
Oct 17, 2024 · It wouldn’t be the throes of a Senate campaign cycle if politicians in both parties weren’t disparaging Mitch McConnell.. With control of the chamber’s majority hinging on just a couple of ...
Scott Jennings relishes the fight defending Trump on CNN
Oct 16, 2024 · To turn down the political temperature, the 46-year-old Dawson Springs, Ky., native then suggests Democratic leaders do something he knows most could never swallow: Tell their voters the country ...
Trump launches new website to communicate with supporters
Mar 30, 2021 · Trump’s Twitter ban has been a topic of debate. A Pew Research study conducted from Jan. 19-24 found 58% of U.S. adults agree banning Trump from social media platforms was the right thing to do ...