For the bright-eyed preppies of Mackay, Isaac and the Whitsundays, it’s the beginning of a lifelong journey of learning ...

Following a crushing electoral defeat in 2008, in which Democrats captured the House, the Senate and the Oval Office, then-66-year-old Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell drew out a roadmap for ...

Senator Mitch McConnell has announced his retirement, ending his 40-year career in Congress due to growing health concerns. McConnell revealed this decision on his 83rd birthday, stating his ...

It's the end of an era in Kentucky politics.Thursday, U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell announced he will not be seeking re-election, ending a decades-long tenure.First elected in 1984, McConnell holds ...

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 ...

Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell will not run for reelection in 2026, he announced in a speech on the Senate floor on Thursday morning. The announcement marks a major moment in ...

Mitch McConnell's legacy is tarnished by his enabling of Donald Trump. Kentucky Republicans have turned on McConnell, criticizing his opposition to some of Trump's appointees. Potential candidates ...

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 ...

The announced retirement of Senator Mitch McConnell, the erstwhile longest-serving Republican leader in Senate history and one of the most consequential lawmakers of his era, was not unexpected.

"No longer in charge, Sen. Mitch McConnell is speaking his mind," said Lisa Mascaro in the Associated Press. Now in his seventh and final term, the 83-year-old former Senate Republican leader has ...

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Mitch McConnell’s announcement that he would be leaving the Senate at the end of his term, with one commentator saying he has "done so much destruction" to the Republican Party. At 83 years old ...