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Mitch McConnell announces he'll retire, ending his four-decade Senate career
WASHINGTON — Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the longest-serving Senate leader in history, announced on his 83rd birthday Thursday that he won’t seek re-election next year, bringing an end to his ...
‘Slap In The Face’: Democrats Rage At Chuck Schumer After His Shutdown Fold
A shutdown would give Donald Trump the keys to the city, the state and the country,” Schumer said on the Senate floor when he ...
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McConnell won’t seek reelection to Senate
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced Thursday that he is not seeking reelection in 2026, bringing an end to the longest-serving Senate leader’s political career. McConnell, one of the leading and ...
Mitch McConnell announces retirement after 2026, ending four decades in the Senate
Former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced in a floor speech Thursday that he won't be running for re-election in 2026, capping four decades in the Senate and a record as the ...
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Mitch McConnell Won’t Seek Another Term in the Senate
WASHINGTON—Sen. Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) said he wouldn’t seek another term, after a decadeslong career marked by brass-knuckled tactics in crafting a conservative Supreme Court as well as repeated ...
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Mitch McConnell won't seek reelection in 2026, ending long tenure as GOP power broker
“The Senate is still equipped for work of great consequence,” he told them. As he concluded, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who succeeded McConnell as Senate GOP leader, motioned for the audience of ...
83-year-old Mitch McConnell Won’t Seek Reelection. At What Age Do Most Senators Retire?
Longtime Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced on the day of his 83rd birthday that he is not seeking reelection in 2026.
McConnell tests the strengths and limits of his power opposing a trio of Trump’s Cabinet nominees
No longer in charge, Sen. Mitch McConnell has been speaking his mind. The long-serving former Republican leader rejected ...
McConnell becomes maverick for Trump, GOP Senate
Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) decision to conclude his storied political career marks the end of an era for Senate Republicans, especially as the longtime GOP leader increasingly signals he’s a ...
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'Too little, too late': How McConnell brought America to 'this perilous moment'
No one in the GOP has done more to push the U.S. Supreme Court to the far right than Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky), who recently announced that he won't be seeking an eighth term in 2026. After ...
Senate confirms Lori Chavez-DeRemer as Labor secretary
The Senate on Monday confirmed former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.) to lead the Department of Labor, cementing another of ...
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McConnell emerges as Trump’s greatest GOP foe on Cabinet confirmations
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) spent 18 years as Senate Republican leader corralling his members to fall in line. Now, unshackled from those responsibilities and likely headed for the chamber’s ...