Three contenders are jockeying to succeed Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) as GOP leader: Minority Whip John Thune of South Dakota, John Cornyn of Texas and Rick Scott of Florida. The leadership vote ...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell suffered a fall in which he cut his face and sprained his wrist after Republicans’ weekly conference lunch on Tuesday afternoon, according to his office.

Sen. Mitch McConnell will not seek reelection in 2026, he announced Thursday. McConnell, who turned 83 on Thursday, has dealt with a series of health scares in recent years and has recently ...

Mitch McConnell and several other notable Republicans are breaking rank with President Donald Trump over his recently announced tariffs. In his April 2 “Liberation Day” speech at the White ...

After 18 years as the longest-serving Senate leader ever, Mitch McConnell is starting the year as a backbencher. At 82, he's thinking about his legacy. He recently cooperated on a book about his ...

A critical Kentucky seat in the U.S. Senate will soon have a new face after former GOP leader Mitch McConnell announced his retirement in February, and Republican hopefuls appear to be gearing up ...

WASHINGTON — Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell is blasting President Trump for allegedly putting “amateur isolationists” in charge of US military policy. McConnell, the former Republican leader ...

We laughed. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has a gruff charm. That was his way of poking fun at me when I saw him around town. For a long time, I wanted to quickly snap back by thanking him for ...

In 1984, McConnell ran for Senate from Kentucky with Ronald Reagan campaigning for him (although Reagan flubbed his name as Mitch “O’Donnell”). That same year, Vice President George H.W ...