The Senate leader’s iron rule held together a fractious GOP conference that ran from squishy centrist to hardline conservative — and somehow managed to deny Barack Obama the revolution he ...
D.C. Senator Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, speaks during a press conference on January 23, 2024 in Washington, D.C. Samuel Corum/Getty Images It comes as Republican leadership has shifted in ...
Mitch McConnell Retires From Politics on His 83rd Birthday After a String of Health Woes ...
Despite his decades towering over Washington as a top GOP leader, he is now eclipsed by President Trump’s takeover of his ...
Sen. Mitch McConnell is pushed in a wheelchair as he heads for votes at the Capitol on Tuesday in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Originally, McConnell and Trump were allies.
Mitch McConnell has served as a senator for four decades. After he was elected in 1984, the Republican climbed his way up the ranks in government, eventually becoming the Chair of the Senate Rules ...
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Elon Musk ran a unscientific poll on X that revealed how some feel about a proposed end to daylight saving time. Thousands ...
US Senator Mitch McConnell has announced that he will not seek re-election in 2026 following a 40-year career in Congress. McConnell, 83, was the longest-serving party leader in Senate history, but ...
Politically, the establishment fixture and once-dominant GOP figure on Capitol Hill has been sidelined by the ascent of President Donald Trump, a one-time ally who McConnell has since criticized as a ...