The Senate leader’s iron rule held together a fractious GOP conference that ran from squishy centrist to hardline ...

It took three times for President Barack Obama’s nomination of John J. “Jack” McConnell Jr. as a federal judge to make it through the U.S. Senate in 2011, and even then he won approval ...

None of the Republicans who have entered the race have mentioned McConnell, and they have mostly tried to distance themselves from him. McConnell’s relationship with President Donald Trump ...

I’m avoiding getting too high on the good days and too low on the bad days,” Mitch McConnell was telling me. “Is today a good ...

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. Sign up for our Newsletters First ...

Despite his decades towering over Washington as a top GOP leader, he is now eclipsed by President Trump’s takeover of his ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (FOX 56) — On Thursday, Sen. Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history, shared he would end his over 40-year tenure. Now with his departure set ...

McConnell grew up in Providence and went to Bishop Hendricken. He was among the attorney's on the major settlement against the tobacco industry He was appointed by Obama in 2011. It took three ...

“Seven times, my fellow Kentuckians have sent me to the Senate,” McConnell said in his remarks announcing his retirement. “Every day in between, I’ve been humbled by the trust they’ve ...