This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. Mitch McConnell’s Unburdened Era has begun. The Kentucky ...

Mitch McConnell wearing a bandage around his head during a press conference. “Senator, is your head okay after that fall?” an off-camera woman asks McConnell in the clip. McConnell does not ...

Senator Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, center, departs a committee hearing in Washington, DC, on Jan. 23, 2025. Credit - Al Drago—Bloomberg via Getty Images This article is part of ...

Mitch McConnell’s Unburdened Era has begun. The Kentucky Republican, who stepped down from his role as longest-serving party leader in history this month, has been signaling that he would be neither a ...