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Mitch McConnell

American politician and lawyer (born 1942)

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Jan 18, 2026
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What actions have the Senate taken to block U.S. military or funding moves against NATO territories including Greenland, and what were the vote totals?

The Senate has moved to legally bar U.S. military and diplomatic funds from being used to blockade, occupy, annex or otherwise assert control over the sovereign territory of any NATO member — legislat...

Dec 18, 2025
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Did any Republican senators vote to convict in Trump's third impeachment?

The provided reporting documents that seven Republican senators voted to convict Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial in February 2021, producing a 57–43 guilty vote that nonetheless fell shor...

Nov 13, 2025
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Who is the current US Senate Majority Leader?

As of the most recent, authoritative material in the package, , having been elected by Senate Republicans in November 2024 and taking the post at the start of the 119th Congress on January 3, 2025. Mu...

Nov 22, 2025

Which GOP senators were labeled RINOs by conservative activist groups since 2010?

Conservative activist groups and right‑wing commentators have used "RINO" (Republican In Name Only) as a political cudgel against many Republican officeholders since 2010, frequently targeting senator...

Dec 21, 2025

What is Nick Fuentes’ documented history of antisemitic statements and how have mainstream conservatives responded?

Nick Fuentes has a long-documented record of antisemitic rhetoric — from explicit claims that “Jews have no place in Western civilization” to frequent tropes about “organized Jewry,” dual loyalty, and...

Nov 20, 2025

What antisemitic statements has Nick Fuentes publicly made and when were they said?

Nick Fuentes has repeatedly made public antisemitic statements — including calling Jews a “transnational gang,” invoking Holocaust minimization, and labeling “organized Jewry” or “Zionist Jews” as ene...

Nov 14, 2025

What did Jeffrey Epstein do to ensure Brett Kavanaugh was appointed to the supreme court? Which Senators were involved?

Available reporting in the provided dossier does not show evidence that Jeffrey Epstein took steps to ensure Brett Kavanaugh’s appointment to the Supreme Court; the sources focus on the 2018 confirmat...

Dec 2, 2025

Pelosi in Jan 6th and the national gaurd

Newly released footage shows then‑Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying “I take responsibility” for security failures on Jan. 6 and asking why the National Guard “wasn’t there to begin with,” but multiple fact‑...

Nov 7, 2025

Are there any documented cases where Julie Green's prophetic visions have come true or been proven false?

Julie Green has a mix of specific, falsified, and highly ambiguous prophetic claims; several high-profile predictions have been demonstrably false while others are presented as “fulfilled” by sympathe...

Nov 8, 2025

Who is the Senate Majority Leader in 2025?

John Thune, Republican senator from South Dakota, is the Senate Majority Leader in 2025 after Senate Republicans secured a majority in the 2024 elections and the GOP conference elected Thune to lead t...

Nov 7, 2025

How does the average net worth of U.S. senators in 2025 compare to the average household net worth in the United States in 2025?

The available 2025 reporting does not provide a reliable, single figure for the *average* net worth of all U.S. senators, but multiple data points and historical measures show senators are than the ty...

Dec 9, 2025

Which U.S. senators have announced they will retire before the 2026 election?

As of the latest compiled reporting, at least seven U.S. senators have publicly announced they will not seek re-election in 2026: Democrats Tina Smith (MN), Gary Peters (MI), Jeanne Shaheen (NH) and D...

Nov 10, 2025

Which incumbent U.S. senators announced retirements or are not seeking re-election in 2026?

Eight incumbent U.S. senators announced they will not seek re-election in 2026, splitting evenly between the parties with ; these departures create multiple open seats that will shape the 2026 competi...

Nov 4, 2025

How have Republican party leaders responded to Nick Fuentes' influence in 2024–2025?

Republican leaders have reacted unevenly to Nick Fuentes’ rising profile in 2024–2025, producing a clear split between high-profile condemnations and cautious or defensive responses that some critics ...

Jan 16, 2026

Who is the current US Senate Minority Leader?

The current U.S. Senate Minority Leader is Senator Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat who leads Senate Democrats in the 119th Congress (as identified on aggregated rosters of current senators) . The...

Nov 9, 2025

When has the nuclear option been invoked in the Senate before 2025?

The Senate’s “nuclear option” was invoked multiple times before 2025 to lower the cloture threshold for certain nominations: the most consequential changes occurred in (Democrats, Harry Reid), (Republ...

Nov 6, 2025

Which U.S. senators' terms expire in January 2027 (seats up in 2026)?

A clear, consistent fact emerges across the materials: the U.S. Senate seats — the senators whose six-year terms began with the 117th Congress on January 3, 2021 — expire on , and those seats are the ...

Oct 31, 2025

How did Majority Leader Harry Reid use the nuclear option in 2013?

Harry Reid used the so‑called “nuclear option” on November 21–22, 2013 to change Senate precedent so that most presidential nominations — executive-branch and federal judicial nominees below the Supre...

Nov 16, 2025

Which lawmakers added the most earmarks to the 2025 budget?

Federal FY2025 earmark activity is complicated: some House and Senate appropriations markups included large requests, but a March 2025 continuing resolution (CR) eliminated the new FY2025 earmarks fro...

Nov 10, 2025

Which U.S. senators are up for re-election in 2026 whose terms end January 3 2027?

The claim asks which U.S. senators are up for re-election in 2026 whose terms end January 3, 2027 — in other words, which members of are on the 2026 ballot. Multiple analyses referenced here confirm t...