Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who has repeatedly argued ... face calls from within the Republican Party to give up on American primacy,” he wrote. “To pretend the United States can focus on just ...

U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history, sat down with business leaders and ...

When asked about attacks on his record from prospective candidates running for his seat in 2026, McConnell gave a short ...

We laughed. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has a gruff charm. That was his way of poking fun at me when I saw him around town. For a long time, I wanted to quickly snap back by thanking him for ...

Photo: Nathan Howard/Reuters/Saul Loeb/Al Drago - Pool via CNP/Zuma Press If you want to hear many Republican lawmakers’ inner monologue these days, listen to Mitch McConnell. On Monday the ...

When Mitch McConnell took to the floor of the US Senate last week, on his 83d birthday, to announce that he won’t be running for reelection again, he talked about how unlikely it had once seemed ...

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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.

“I’m avoiding getting too high on the good days and too low on the bad days,” Mitch McConnell was telling me. “Is today a good day or a bad day?” I asked him. “Yeah,” was all ...