The Republican has been married to his wife, Elaine Chao, since 1993. Learn more about her and their marriage here.

Mitch McConnell announced he will retire at the end of his current term in 2026, capping a long tenure in the Senate.

Sen. Mitch McConnell was a generational force for the Republican Party — using procedural tactics and political will to ...

Out of Senate leadership and serving likely his last term, Mitch McConnell has often found himself on an island among ...

attack on the Capitol — a moment that led McConnell’s wife, Elaine Chao, to step down as Trump’s transportation secretary. If Trump had been convicted, the Senate could have also made him ...

No longer in charge, Sen. Mitch McConnell has been speaking his mind, the long-serving GOP leader rejecting President Donald ...

In 2017, during his first term, Trump extended an olive branch to McConnell, then the powerful majority leader, by naming his wife, Elaine Chao, as his transportation secretary. But after ...

Collins, who is up for re-election in 2026 (and must first win a GOP primary ... Meanwhile, it was announced that Elaine Chao, McConnell’s wife, would be among the MAGA allies named to the ...

Instead, McConnell led Senate Republicans as they refused to convict Trump. He then endorsed Trump — who had lobbed racist insults at his wife and referred ... Trump key first-term political ...