The price tag is much larger than what has been previously reported, according to a Post review of confidential contracts, and taxpayers would cover most of it.

Senator Mitch McConnell remains missing as a major deadline for his potential replacement approaches.

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Progressives are pushing Gov. Beshear to act decisively on a Mitch McConnell vacancy even though he's allegedly still alive. But that won't help them.

The Kentucky Democratic Party is having a one-on-one primary election for governor, its first in more than 50 years. Those primaries were usually contests between two factions, one moderately liberal,...

The Trump White House and its history police want us all to live in their chosen bubble, immune from instability or perceived disorder.

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In demanding steps to address the integrity of voting, President Trump persisted in relitigating his 2020 election defeat while finding ways to cast doubt on the 2026 outcome.

Sen. Mitch McConnell has long followed the political maxim, “You can’t get into trouble for something you didn’t say,” but his taciturn approach caused turmoil for him and the country when he went fou...

The problem with donation mobs

The Iranian military accused the U.S. of negotiating in "bad faith" and expressed outrage over continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon.

In April Gov. Andy Beshear delivered a strong warning about partisan donors exerting "undue outside influence" on the direction of the University of Kentucky. But insiders, his donors, sit on the gove...

A police officer didn’t cite Ron Smith with any traffic offense, but filed a ‘medical review affidavit’ that tossed Smith into the bureaucracy.

As public trust in journalism continues to erode, the Center for Integrity in News Reporting gathered journalists, editors and media leaders in Washington this week to honor reporting that strives to ...

Can the Kentucky Republican—inventor, farmer, gadfly, genius—survive standing up to Trump?

For the first time in over a decade, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) faces a 1-on-1 primary challenge. His challenger, Ed Gallrein, is as Kentucky as they come.

In conversation the other day, a political operative wondered why President Trump bothered to endorse Sixth District U.S. Rep. Andy Barr in the May 19 Republican primary for the U.S. Senate, since Bar...

Gov. Bill Lee calls special session to split Tennessee's Democratic congressional district, following pressure from President Trump and Sen. Blackburn.

The reporting from the Wall Street Journal left some wiggle room, but quoted insiders claiming Trump was “leaning” toward Rep. Andy Barr.

Welcome, Derby visitors, in person and online! Each year this column looks at races that go on in Kentucky almost all the time, for elective office, and our card is busy: Two fully contested primaries...

Kentucky’s unusual political calendar, in which we elect governors in the odd-numbered year before presidential races, has occasionally interfered with even-year races for U.S. senator. That has hurt ...

The Front Page Foundation, a Knoxville-based nonprofit that offers journalism scholarships to Tennessee students is gearing up to launch something new.

Trump gets to act like his bloodcurdling threats worked, but he’s giving up far more than Tehran did.

This column was written before Tuesday night’s debate among four candidates in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate. “Kentucky is in play this year. Believe it,” U.S. Senate candidate Amy McGrat...

A new survey by Emerson College Polling/FOX56 shows where the race for Kentucky Senate stands among likely GOP and Democratic primary voters.

A push for universal Pre-K in Kentucky is gaining attention, but not every county says they can afford to make it happen.

The president benefits from the failure to focus on his broken brain

The Kentucky Governor shows he’s a captive of the left on education.

When a waiter of 20 years is deported, suddenly immigration has a face and gains complexity.

The Associated Press is using the word “war” to refer to the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and Iran’s retaliation.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has become one of the most closely watched Democrats in the country. A two-term governor in a deeply red state, Beshear has won statewide office twice, even as President Tru...