Mitch McConnell

Cincinnati Edition is joined by statehouse reporters to discuss politics in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.

Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell is ending his decades-long tenure as a power broker who championed conservative causes but ultimately ceded ground to the fierce GOP populism of President Donald Trump.

Former Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell broke ranks with Donald Trump on three controversial cabinet picks. But all three were confirmed.

Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky released a statement after the vote saying Gabbard "failed to demonstrate that she is prepared to assume this tremendous national trust" — echoing several concerns raised by Democrats.

Sen. Mitch McConnell tripped and fell following a Republican Senate lunch meeting Tuesday afternoon in Washington, D.C.

Algenon Marbley, a federal judge in Columbus, made the decision just days after Donald Trump was elected to a second term as president.

And how can they get away with it?

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.