The Latest Breaking News from Rick Scott

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Rick Scott have beef.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis has pursued an expansive view of his executive authority, ordering high-profile removals of local elected officials who haven’t been charged with crimes.

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer may take procedural steps to set up a vote next week on stopgap spending legislation running through Dec. 16.

President Joe Biden's nominee to head the National Archives and Records Administration will face an unusually contentious Senate confirmation hearing

The Republican leader has publicly downplayed expectations for winning the majority.

WASHINGTON — Rising GOP pushback against a short-term stopgap funding bill into December that would pave the way for a lame-duck omnibus package is at minimum a political headache for party leaders, and at worst points to market-rattling brinkmanship around fiscal deadlines next year.

WASHINGTON — If Republicans flounder in their effort to recapture the U.S. Senate less than two months from now, an inevitable blame game will commence over who’s most responsible for their midterm belly flop.

GOP pushback against a stopgap funding bill is a political headache for party leaders, and could point to fiscal brinkmanship next year.

Two of the highest-profile Republicans in the Senate are publicly defying McConnell on high-stakes issues.