Longest-running Republican leader Mitch McConnell to step down
Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate leader in history, will step down from that position in November. McConnell, who turned 82 last week, announced his decision on Wednesday in the well of the Senate, where he maintained his power in the face of dramatic convulsions in the Republican Party for almost two decades. Arriving at its back benches in 1985, he grew increasingly comfortable in the front-row seat afforded the party leaders. One of life’s most underappreciated talents is to know when it’s time to move on to life’s next chapter “So I stand before you today... to say that this wil...