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A federal judge in Washington denied a request by unions to block the Trump administration’s effort to drastically reduce the ...

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving sitting senator, has announced he will leave Congress at the end of his term. What to know.

The scramble to fill Mitch McConnell’s Senate seat in Kentucky began as soon as the long-serving Republican lawmaker revealed ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, long a powerful Republican leader in the Senate, won't be running for reelection in 2026.

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Even before Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced his impending retirement from the Senate, the GOP race in the Kentucky ...

A series of falls and freeze ups has raised questions about the senator’s health and criticism from his political opponents.

Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell announced Thursday that he will not seek reelection in 2026, which drew mixed reactions ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is expected to announce on the Senate floor that he will not run for another term in 2026.

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, who's spent decades in the nation's Capitol shaping Republican priorities, will not seek ...