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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell won't be seeking reelection in 2026. On the Republican Senator's 83rd birthday Thursday, he addressed the Senate floor on his plans to retire when ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell helped push through the 2008 bailout of Wall Street banks that probably prevented a deeper economic downturn. He masterminded the Republicans’ strategy of full-on ...

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving sitting lawmaker in the Senate, has announced he will not seek reelection in 2026, ending a storied career that has shaped American politics for decades.

Sen. Mitch McConnell is pushed in a wheelchair as he heads for votes at the Capitol on February 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Originally, McConnell and Trump were allies.

Then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky speaks alongside then-Supreme Court nominee Neil M. Gorsuch on Capitol Hill in February 2017. (Al Drago/Pool/The New York Times) ...

Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell is ending his tenure as a conservative power broker who ultimately ceded ground to the GOP populism of President Trump. Sen. Mitch McConnell won't seek reelection in ...

Watch: Sen. Mitch McConnell announces on Senate floor he's not running for reelection 15:54. As Senate majority leader, McConnell wielded immense power, and was singularly responsible for the fast ...