The former GOP Senate leader is free to vote his conscience.

President Trump’s wing of the party detests the Kentuckian with the heat of a thousand suns.

In a speech on the Senate floor that fell on his 83rd birthday, Mr. McConnell made official what had been widely expected since he announced last year that he would step down as the Republican leader.

Around noon on Thursday, shortly after Mr. McConnell made his announcement, Daniel Cameron, the former attorney general for Kentucky and a Republican, said that he would be running for the seat in ...

Senator McConnell says he will not run for an eighth term in 2026, bringing his historic political career to a close and freeing him up even further to be a thorn in the side of President Trump from ...

Former Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell says he won't run for reelection in 2026, announcing his impending departure from the Senate on Thursday, his 83rd birthday. Mr. McConnell said on the ...

In recent years, Mr McConnell has seen the Republican Party move away from his traditional conservative style of politics towards the populist pugilism of President Donald Trump, a figure who Mr ...

Turning 83 today, and in increasingly unsteady health, Mr McConnell's announcement that he will not seek reelection when his term expires was not a big surprise. Mr McConnell stepped down last ...

Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine. In a statement, McConnell said that leading the armed forces is "a ...

But a record of trafficking in dangerous conspiracy theories and eroding trust in public health institutions does not entitle ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as health and human services secretary after his confirmation Thursday, giving him license to “go wild” on health and putting the last of President Trump’s ...