Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., will not run for re-election in 2026 and will instead retire, the longtime senator announced Thursday. McConnell has served in the Senate for decades, including as ...

President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the FBI, Kash Patel, was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday in a mostly party-line vote of 51-49, with two Republican senators voting no.

By Annie Karni Reporting from the Capitol Senator Mitch McConnell, the Kentucky Republican and longest-serving Senate leader who played a pivotal role in obstructing major Democratic agenda items ...

Three months ago, Mitch McConnell ran the Senate GOP. Now he’s going it alone as he wages battles against some of President Donald Trump’s highest-profile nominees. The Kentucky Republican ...

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving sitting lawmaker in the Senate, has announced he will not seek reelection in 2026, ending a storied career that has shaped American politics for decades.

Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell won't be seeking reelection in 2026. On the Republican Senator's 83rd birthday Thursday, he addressed the Senate floor on his plans to retire when his current term ...

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 ...

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 ...

The announced retirement of Senator Mitch McConnell, the erstwhile longest-serving Republican leader in Senate history and one of the most consequential lawmakers of his era, was not unexpected.

WASHINGTON — No longer in charge, Sen. Mitch McConnell has been speaking his mind, the long-serving GOP leader rejecting President Trump’s more high-profile Cabinet nominees — alone at times ...

“Mitch McConnell never really had it. He had an ability to raise money because of his position as leader, which anybody could do.” open image in gallery President Donald Trump slammed Mitch ...