McConnell, GOP and Trump

Kentucky Senate hopeful Daniel Cameron praises Trump, criticizes his mentor, Mitch McConnell
Republican Senate candidate Daniel Cameron lavished praise Monday on Donald Trump and criticized his mentor Sen. Mitch McConnell, reflecting the president's dominance within the GOP and setting an early tone for what looks to be a competitive primary for a Kentucky Senate seat in 2026.
GOP Kentucky Senate candidate knocks McConnell for Trump ‘no’ votes
Former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron (R), who recently launched a bid for the seat being vacated by longtime Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R), criticized his fellow Kentuckian for
Mitch McConnell—GOP Leader-Turned-Trump Foe—Won’t Seek Reelection To Senate
Ky., stepped down as the longest-serving party leader in U.S. history last year, but has continued to face questions about his health and age.
Sen. Mitch McConnell - former GOP powerhouse - won't seek reelection
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, who's spent decades in the nation's Capitol shaping Republican priorities, will not seek reelection when his term expires.
McConnell becomes maverick for Trump, GOP Senate
Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) decision to conclude his storied political career marks the end of an era for Senate Republicans, especially as the longtime GOP leader increasingly signals he’s a
Letters to the Editor: Now Mitch McConnell wants to rein in Trump? Too little, too late
Mitch McConnell's rank partisanship on Supreme Court nominations and Trump's impeachments led us to where we are today. Now he wants to check Trump?
Former GOP Leader Mitch McConnell won't seek re-election in 2026
The Kentucky senator is stepping down after a consequential career. Whether Americans benefited from his triumphs, however, ...
Sen. Mitch McConnell won’t seek reelection in 2026, ending long tenure as Republican power broker
Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell has announced that he won’t seek reelection next year, ending a decadeslong tenure as a power ...
Mitch McConnell Won't Seek Reelection as GOP Leadership Shifts in Trump Era
While he championed conservative causes, McConnell ultimately saw his influence challenged by the rise of Trump-era GOP ...
USA Today2d
Mitch McConnell will leave a GOP he helped build, but no longer recognizes | Opinion
Former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Thursday ... them win elections for Republicans' sake. The GOP that stood during McConnell’s early years as leader is not the one there ...
GOP's Mitch McConnell retires: RNC vet Steele on the Trumpified legacy
Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate leader in history, announced that he won't seek re-election next year, bringing ...
Scramble for McConnell’s Senate seat underway with signs of a bruising GOP primary ahead
The scramble to fill Mitch McConnell’s Senate seat in Kentucky began as soon as the Republican revealed he won’t seek ...
Politico3d
Out goes Mitch McConnell — and an era of GOP politics
Mitch McConnell announced the impending close ... have come to represent competing political philosophies inside the GOP. McConnell, who came of age in politics during Ronald Reagan’s ...
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Barren County political leaders look to future after McConnell
Ky., center, is helped by, from left, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, after the 81-year-old GOP leader froze at the microphones as he arrived ...