Mitch McConnell

Since Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced he would step down as the longest-serving party leader in U.S. history, many have questioned his and Kentucky's future on the national stage.

The Senate Republican leader has consistently clashed with Trump, most forcefully after the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.

A state House committee advanced a bill to fully strip the Kentucky governor's power to fill a U.S. Senate vacancy, just a day after McConnell announced he will step down from his Senate leadership position.

After Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell announced he would step down from Senate leadership in November, GOP legislative leaders praised his legacy of building his party's power and delivering federal funding back home in Kentucky.

McConnell announced his plans Wednesday on the Senate floor, where he talked about waiting for a day when he would have total clarity about the end of his work: "That day arrived today."

It started when Speaker of the House Mike Johnson declared a $118 billion aid package deal brokered by a bipartisan group in the Senate "dead on arrival" before Johnson had ever read it.

Legislators from Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana were split on the continuing resolution to keep the government running — even within each state delegation.

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Reporters repeatedly asked the Senate GOP leader to provide details of what caused two incidents where he froze at events. Mitch McConnell instead referred them to a recent letter from his physician.

Since McConnell's incident on Thursday, some in his own party have called for the Senate minority leader to step down.