Longtime Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell will not seek reelection next year, he announced Thursday, ending a decadeslong run as one of the most powerful Republicans in the country.

Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, long a powerful Republican leader in the Senate, won't be running for reelection in 2026.

Three months ago, Mitch McConnell ran ... once been unthinkable given McConnell’s iron grip over his conference, but became increasingly common in the final years of his leadership reign.

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

Mitch McConnell’s ... “He wasn’t equipped 10 years ago, mentally, in my opinion. He let the Republican Party go to hell.” Trump characterized McConnell’s vote against Kennedy as actually ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell was a generational force for the Republican Party — using procedural tactics and political will to stymie much of former President Barack Obama’s agenda, hand President ...

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The larger story in all this, of course, is that today’s Republican Party is very different from the GOP of even a few years ago ... But feel no pity for Mitch McConnell, not even when he ...

McConnell and ... “I feel sorry for Mitch... He wanted to go to the end and he wanted to stay leader. He’s not equipped mentally, he wasn’t equipped 10 years ago mentally in my opinion ...