Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., will step down from his leadership post in November.

McConnell plans to finish his Senate term, which ends in 2027. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Scott Jennings, longtime adviser to McConnell, about the senator's decision to step down as minority leader.

Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate leader in history who maintained his power in the face of dramatic convulsions in the Republican Party for almost two decades, will step down from that ...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will step down as Republican leader in November. McConnell, of Kentucky, announced his plans in an emotional speech on the Senate floor shortly after aides ...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will step down as GOP leader in November, the Kentucky Republican announced Wednesday, marking the end of an era on Capitol Hill and setting up a high-stakes ...

Mitch McConnell’s decision to step down as Senate Republican leader in November is reverberating back home in Kentucky.

Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate party leader in history, will step down from his leadership role in November after an almost 18-year tenure in one of the nation's most influential ...

Mitch McConnell, 82, to Step Down as Republican Senate Leader After Reaching Historic Milestone The Kentucky senator broke the record for the longest-serving party leader in Senate history, now ...

Mitch McConnell to step down as Republican Senate leader in November ‘I have many faults. Misunderstanding politics is not one of them,' McConnell said in a speech on the Senate floor Wednesday.

Senator Mitch McConnell will be stepping down from his role as Senate Republican leader in November, according to multiple media reports. McConnell, who turned 82 last week, is the longest-serving ...

Mitch McConnell announced on the Senate floor Wednesday that he will step aside as Senate Republican leader in November, ending a record-breaking run as leader and setting up a potentially bitter ...

Mitch McConnell, the 82-year-old Kentucky conservative who has led the Republican Party’s caucus in the U.S. Senate since 2007, will step down from the role in November, he said Wednesday.