Mitch McConnell announced the impending close of his four-decade Senate career Thursday, underscoring a remarkable legacy of turning American government rightward but also capping a fading era in ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the longest-serving party leader in Senate history, will announce his retirement on Thursday. McConnell, first elected to the upper chamber in 1984, will deliver the ...

Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell shared on his 83rd birthday that his current term "will be my last" and that he's not seeking ...

McConnell, the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history, chose his 83rd birthday to share his decision not to run ...

The Senate voted to confirm Kash Patel as FBI director, a decision that places him atop the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agency , despite concerns from Democrats over his qualifications an ...

The longest-serving Senate leader had been widely expected to retire at the end of his current term. He made it official on ...

Mitch McConnell has been a senator for Kentucky since 1985. Here's what his net worth is after announcing he will not seek reelection.

Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell ending his tenure as a power broker who championed conservative causes but ultimately ceded ...

Without referring to Donald Trump directly, McConnell discussed what a balance of power in the federal government should look ...

Read the transcript McConnell's full speech from the Senate floor below: Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in ...

Democratic Senator Peter Welch of Vermont told CNN of Patel's confirmation: "It's the end of the FBI as we know it. Patel is an instrument of Donald Trump. Donald Trump's policy towards the Justice ...

The Kentucky Republican has served more than 40 years in the chamber, and became one of the most consequential and divisive legislators in recent history.