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.

Despite his decades towering over Washington as a top GOP leader, he is now eclipsed by President Trump’s takeover of his party.

Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was the lone Republican in ... "But now he has said his shackles are off, that he's no longer the Republican leader. As you can see, he's sending a signal to President ...

Daniel Cameron once said there was no political daylight between him and Sen. Mitch McConnell. Now, Kentucky’s former attorney general is keeping his distance as he vies to win his longtime ...

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.

After nearly four decades in the Senate, Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) long tenure is finally coming to an end. Some have hailed him as a master strategist, a guardian of conservative ...

"No longer in charge, Sen. Mitch McConnell is speaking his mind," said Lisa Mascaro in the Associated Press. Now in his seventh and final term, the 83-year-old former Senate Republican leader has ...