U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving sitting lawmaker in the Senate, has announced he will not seek reelection in 2026, ending a storied career that has shaped American politics for decades.

Former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Thursday ... The Republican Party is losing its most gifted political navigator in my lifetime, and the GOP will be worse off for it.

When asked about attacks on his record from prospective candidates running for his seat in 2026, McConnell gave a short answer: “The race will be about the future.” ...

Democratic lawmakers have faced eruptions of anger at town hall meetings across the country this week, as constituents have ...

[Read: Mitch McConnell’s worst political miscalculation] Most of them once granted McConnell their unambiguous allegiance. He was first elected to head the Senate Republican Conference in 2007 and ...

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

Mitch McConnell announced the ... a growing number of his colleagues, and the party he helped shape, slide toward Donald Trump’s populism. McConnell’s own relationship with Trump has devolved ...

Mitch McConnell ... he said. McConnell was first elected to the Senate in 1984 under then-President Ronald Reagan. The senator from Kentucky is the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S ...

Leaders in the upper chamber of Congress occasionally have to take a political beating to protect their members in tough ...