WASHINGTON - Former Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., fell on a small set of stairs on Wednesday while exiting ...

A big question has been on the minds of Democrats since their grueling loss in November: Who is the leader of the Democratic ...

“I think pardoning people who’ve been convicted is a mistake,” McConnell, the longest-serving party leader in Senate history, told CBS’s Lesley Stahl in Sunday’s “60 Minutes” broadcas ...

The reports come as concerns continue to mount about the senator’s health, following several public episodes in which he has ...

The now 82-year-old is the longest-serving senator from Kentucky, and was the longest-serving Senate leader in history, having won his first election to the Senate in 1984. He served as Chairman ...

McConnell officially relinquished his role as his party’s Senate leader last year. McConnell is the longest-serving Senate leader in America’s history. He has been in the Senate since 1984 ...

John Thune, R-S.D., who won a secret ballot conference election in November. McConnell was the longest serving party leader in the history of the Senate, holding onto the position for 17 years.

Ky., fell on a small set of stairs on Wednesday as he was exiting the Senate chamber after a confirmation vote for Housing and Urban Development secretary nominee Scott Turner.