The former GOP leader can more freely speak his mind on nominees and defense, but his influence is limited.

US Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) gives a thumbs up while arriving at the nomination of Tulsi Gabbard as President Donald ...

Mitch McConnell is pushing back against President Trump’s most controversial nominees, becoming an unlikely — and sometimes ...

The former Senate majority leader couldn’t get a single Republican to vote with him against confirming Tulsi Gabbard as ...

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy once stood up to Donald Trump's excesses, even as then-Senate GOP leader enabled them.Those days are ...

The GOP's recent and longest-serving Senate party leader has stood in opposition to his conference multiple times, ...

No longer in charge, Sen. Mitch McConnell has been speaking his mind. The long-serving former Republican leader rejected ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell was a generational force for the Republican Party — using procedural tactics and political will to ...

Out of power in the Senate and serving likely his last term, Sen. Mitch McConnell has often found himself on an island among ...

McConnell is up for reelection in 2026, and he has not said whether he plans to run again for an eighth Senate term.

President Donald Trump seems to have questioned a well-documented part of Sen. Mitch McConnell’s life — his childhood battle with polio.