The Republican Party that stood during Sen. Mitch McConnell's early years as leader is not the one in place now as he retires ...

"To the disappointment of my critics, I'm still here on the job," said former Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on the ...

I wonder whether Democrats would have been better off the past two decades if they had leaders as unapologetically partisan ...

Mitch McConnell will end his Senate career with his most indelible mark on the federal courts and the judicial confirmation ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The scramble to fill Mitch McConnell’s Senate seat in Kentucky began as soon as the long-serving ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky announced on his 82nd birthday that he would not seek re-election in 2026 before voting to ...

Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell announced Thursday that he won’t seek reelection next year, ending a decadeslong tenure as a ...

With the announcement that Mitch McConnell won’t seek reelection in 2026, Kentucky will have its first wide-open Senate race ...

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) speaks with members of the media at the U.S. Capitol on April 20, 2024 in Washington, DC.

Sen. Mitch McConnell's announcement that he will not seek an eighth term has officially launched the contest to claim his ...

Thursday on the RealClearPolitics radio show -- weeknights at 6:00 p.m. on SiriusXM's POTUS Channel 124 and then on Apple, Spotify, and here on our website -- Tom Bevan, Carl Cannon, and Andrew ...

McConnell, the longest-serving member of Congress from Kentucky and the longest-serving party leader in Senate history, first took office in 1984.