Mitch McConnell Won’t Seek Re-Election in 2026, Ending Tenure as Republican Power Broker
McConnell, the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history, chose his 83rd birthday to share his decision.
Mitch McConnell Won't Seek Reelection as GOP Leadership Shifts in Trump Era
While he championed conservative causes, McConnell ultimately saw his influence challenged by the rise of Trump-era GOP ...
McConnell Announces He Won’t Seek Re-election
The longest-serving Senate leader had been widely expected to retire at the end of his current term. He made it official on ...
The Latest: Sen. Mitch McConnell won’t seek reelection next year
Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell is announcing that he won’t seek reelection next year, ending a decades-long tenure as a ...
Mitch McConnell Won’t Seek Another Term in the Senate
The onetime GOP leader is known for brass-knuckled partisanship in pushing through conservative policy and his tangles with ...
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Transcript: Trump Rages at Mitch McConnell in Ugly but Revealing Rants
An interview with veteran congressional observer Norm Ornstein about Mitch McConnell’s striking condemnation of Trump’s most ...
McConnell tests the strengths and limits of his power opposing a trio of Trump’s Cabinet nominees
No longer in charge, Sen. Mitch McConnell has been speaking his mind. The long-serving former Republican leader rejected ...
McConnell's mental acuity targeted by Trump after ex-Senate leader joins Dems against Cabinet nominees
The GOP's recent and longest-serving Senate party leader has stood in opposition to his conference multiple times, ...