Mitch McConnell announes he will not run for re-election

The Republican senator has spent 40 years in Congress, but said he has "unfinished business" before he goes.

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McConnell, 83, was the longest-serving party leader in Senate history, but stepped down from Republican leadership while facing health issues.

Despite supporting much of Donald Trump's agenda during his first administration, McConnell has become a more vocal critic of the president as he faces retirement at the end of his term.

"I have some unfinished business to attend to," he said in a speech on the Senate floor that announced that his "current term in the Senate will be my last".

In his speech, McConnell encouraged his fellow Senators to use their constitutional powers at a time when Trump has sought to greatly expand the reach of the presidency.

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