UPDATE: The Senate confirmed Kash Patel as FBI director on Thursday. Sen. Mitch McConnell voted yes for the appointment. Senator Mitch McConnell, Kentucky's longest-serving senator, announced he ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell is announcing on Thursday that he won’t seek reelection next year, ending a decadeslong tenure as a power broker who championed ...

Mitch McConnell affirmed the "strength" of the Senate's political power. McConnell, R-Ky., said "there is no place" for Congress to hide from its constitutional obligations, including its role "in ...

Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell will not run for reelection in 2026, he announced in a speech on the Senate floor on Thursday morning. The announcement marks a major moment in ...

To the editor: Nice try, Mitch, but too little, too late. (“McConnell tests the strengths and limits of his power opposing a trio of Trump’s Cabinet nominees,” Feb. 18) While no political ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell was a generational force for the Republican Party — using procedural tactics and political will to stymie much of former President Barack Obama’s agenda, hand President ...