Readers weigh in on Scot Lehigh's column about Mitch McConnell, pointing out numerous failings of the Senate Republican leader.

Daniel Cameron is no stranger to Kentucky politics and is now seeking a larger stage in Washington, D.C. Just minutes after Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell announced he would not run for reelection, Cameron shared he plans to run for the open seat.

Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday suggested that President Trump’s refusal to blame Russia as the sole aggressor who provoked the war in Ukraine “reflects a gross

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LOUISVILLE, Ky.- Dozens of people marched along 6th street in Louisville on Friday to Senator Mitch Mcconnell’s local office at the Gene Snyder Federal Building. The protest was hosted by the Louisville Democratic Party.

Governor Andy Beshear announced he will not be running to replace Senator Mitch McConnell. Senator McConnell, a Republican, said he would not run for reelection in 2026, a seat he has held since 1984.

The scramble to fill Mitch McConnell’s Senate seat in Kentucky began as soon as the long-serving Republican lawmaker revealed he won't seek reelection in 2026.

Within hours of Sen. Mitch McConnell's announcement that he would not seek reelection, potential candidates to replace him had ignited a war of words.

Kennedy Jr. to head the U.S. Health and Human Services Department on a party-line vote, with Mitch McConnell the only Republican voting against the controversial appointee opposed by every Democratic Senator.

Senate narrowly confirms Kash Patel to head the FBI; Sen. Mitch McConnell says he won't run for reelection; Pope Francis continues to recover

Kentucky senator Mitch McConnell, the longest serving senate party leader in U.S. history, announced that he will not be seeking reelection in 2026. “We go back a long way together and he has always been a good friend of Owensboro,

The conversation centers on the potential loss of federal funding for states, particularly Maine, that do not comply with the… Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell is announcing on Thursday that he won't seek reelection next year, ending a decadeslong tenure as a power broker who championed conservative causes but ultimately ceded ground to the fierce GOP populism of President Donald Trump. New York on Thursday sued some of the country's biggest distributors of electronic cigarettes, accusing the companies of violating state laws that prohibit the sale of vaping flavors and designs that appeal to children. Panama is detaining in a hotel nearly 300 people from various countries deported under U.S. President Donald Trump, not allowing them to leave while waiting for international authorities to organize a return to their countries. Harsh weather moved west on Monday as a polar vortex was expected to grip the Rockies and the northern Plains after winter storms pummeled the eastern U.S. over the weekend, killing at least 10 people, including nine victims in Kentucky who died during flooding from heavy rains.