Make up with Trump or be a failure, Republican colleague warns McConnell

Lindsey Graham tells Senate majority leader he won't vote for someone that can't have a working relationship with Trump'

Mitch McConnell has been attacked by a key Trump ally and told to repair his relationship with the former US president or face failure as Senate Republican leader.

The move by Lindsey Graham comes amid a rumbling dispute between McConnell and Donald Trump, whose grip on the party remains near-total despite his impeachment for inciting the deadly Capitol attack in service of his lie that his defeat by Joe Biden was caused by electoral fraud.