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Mitch McConnell (R-Ky ... Despite a few good votes on bad nominees, the history books will still highlight McConnell’s power plays over the years to polarize the Senate with his hard-right ...

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 ...

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.

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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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell has said he will not run for reelection in 2026, opening up a U.S. Senate seat he's held since 1984. Former Attorney General Daniel Cameron has announced he's running.

Mitch McConnell and is unequivocally on Team Trump. And he did so by torching the longtime Senate leader by name for casting “no” votes on the president’s Cabinet picks to lead the Pentagon ...