McConnell said he will have “total coordination” with the White House as President Donald Trump’s all-but-certain impeachment trial nears the Senate.

McConnell plans to explain his decision after the final vote, an aide told CNN. The typically tight-lipped Senate Republican leader rarely broke from Trump in his four years as president.

John Cornyn, an ally of Senate leader emeritus Mitch McConnell, is relying on a familiar dynamic to ensure victory in a race where polling shows he may be down by as far as 22 points.The Texas senator ...

In this image from video, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks as the Senate reconvenes after protesters stormed into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021.

During a contentious hearing over the request, Republican Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky criticized the administration's cost-cutting approach as "unnecessarily chaotic," warning that it ...