The Kentucky Bourbon Trail is maturing like the fine whiskeys it showcases.

Republican colleagues call Steve Scalise a fighter, but the nominee for House speaker may be in for a brawl.

Another U.S. congressional delegation is visiting Taiwan as tensions with China remain high over its claims to the island.

(Jan Brubaker/Hodges Photography via APWASHINGTON – A bill to ban race-day doping of horses and set national medication and track-safety standards for the horse-racing industry is nearing the finish line. Lawmakers gave final approval to the bill late Monday as part of the massive legislation on spending and pandemic relief. Passage of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act comes after a series of doping scandals and a rash of horse fatalities in recent years. I’m proud the Senate agreed to my legislation to preserve our signature racing industry and the 24,000 workers who support it,” he said in a statement. The bill also will ensure that the U.S. racing industry aligns with global standards, he said.

(CNN) - Kentucky Democrat Amy McGrath, a former fighter pilot who rose to national prominence last year in her failed campaign for Congress against Republican Andy Barr, is turning her sights on a new target: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. In a three-minute video released Tuesday, McGrath said McConnell has "bit by bit, year by year, turned Washington into something we all despise." "I'm running for Senate because it shouldn't be like this," McGrath added. But it was not enough for McGrath to best Barr, who won by about 3 points in the 2018 election. In the race against McConnell, McGrath appears poised to run as a moderate seeking to break the partisan gridlock in Washington.