The Latest Breaking News from Mitch McConnell

Republican leader was led away by colleagues just weeks ago after freezing in halls of US Senate, write Gustaf Kilander, John Bowden and Oliver O’Connell

A McConnell aide intervened as reporters questioned if he was okay

Wednesday’s incident in which McConnell had difficulty speaking in a public setting comes during heightened concern about political leaders' health.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell briefly froze while answering reporters' questions in Kentucky on Wednesday.

President Joe Biden was “fine,” according to White House Communications Director Ben LaBolt, after tripping over a sandbag at a U.S. Air Force graduation ceremony on June 1, 2023.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says building roads and bridges shouldn’t be a partisan matter, but his Republican challenger is deflecting any credit away from the incumbent Democrat for a burst of projects underway

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell acknowledges what had become increasingly likely: Congress won’t pass a farm bill by Sept. 30.

A little after noon in downtown Manchester, traffic is light in the Clay County seat. Clay County High School seniors enrolled in a dual credit program are in a place you might not expect any 17-year-olds to be: the public library. They know the nation’s drug czar is in town.…

The nation’s drug czar was in southeastern Kentucky Thursday to discuss the battle against opioids, fentanyl and other dangerous drugs.