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WASHINGTON — Republican U.S. Sen. John Thune of South Dakota announced Monday that he plans to run for U.S. Senate GOP leader. “I hope to be,” Thune said in an interview with KELOLAND News, a news outlet in his home state. “I’m going to do everything I can to convince my colleagues.” Currently the No. […]

By Phil McCausland & Anthony Zurcher BBC News, in New York and Washington 28 February 2024 To play this content, please enable JavaScript, or try a different browser Video caption, Watch: ‘It’s time to move on’ – McConnell announces he’ll step down Mitch McConnell, the US Senate’s longest-serving Republican leader, has announced he is . […]

By Phil McCausland BBC News, New York 7 hours ago Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Mitch McConnell announced on Wednesday that he intended to step down as Senate Republican leader in November Mitch McConnell announced on Wednesday that he intends to step down as the longest-serving Senate Republican leader following November’s general election.

The 82-year-old Kentucky lawmaker is the longest-serving Senate leader in history. United States Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has said he will step down from his leadership role, leaving a power vacuum atop the party he has piloted for nearly 17 years, more than any other party leader in the chamber’s history. “I turned 82 […]

[1/3]U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) waves as he leaves his Washington house to return to work at the U.S. Senate, less than a week after he froze for more than 30 seconds while speaking to reporters at an event in his home state of Kentucky, in Washington, U.S., September 5, 2023.

Top U.S. Senate Republican Mitch McConnell appears to freeze up for more than 30 seconds during a public appearance before he was escorted away, the second such incident in a little more than a month, after an event with the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce in Covington, Kentucky, U.S. August 30, 2023 in a still […]

Listen to this article here In a bewildering turn of events, U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell met yet another freeze during a press conference, sparking concerns about his health and ability to continue his political career. The incident unfolded during a media gathering where the 81-year-old senator from Kentucky was addressing various questions, most notably one […]

Daniel Cameron, Kentucky’s attorney general and a close ally of Senator Mitch McConnell, clinched the state’s Republican nomination for governor on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, fending off a spirited and costly challenge by Kelly Craft, a wealthy former ambassador to the United Nations. Mr. Cameron’s double-digit victory sets up what is likely to […]

WASHINGTON, March 9 (Reuters) – Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, one of the most influential figures in Washington, has been hospitalized after tripping and falling at a hotel in the U.S. capital on Wednesday, his spokesperson said. McConnell, who is 81 and was first elected to the Senate in 1984, “tripped at a local hotel […]

March 8 (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized after tripping at a hotel in Washington on Wednesday, his spokesperson said in a statement. “This evening, Leader McConnell tripped at a local hotel during a private dinner. He has been admitted to the hospital where he is receiving treatment,” his spokesperson […]


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