Mitch McConnell to step down as Republican leader in US Senate
Kentucky senator, 82 and the longest-serving Senate leader in history, will step aside as minority leader at end of this year
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Mitch McConnell of Kentucky will step down as Republican leader in the US Senate at the end of this year, a move that will shake up US politics yet more in a tumultuous election cycle.
McConnell is 82 and the longest-serving Senate leader in history. He is also a highly divisive figure in a bitterly divided America and the subject of fierce speculation about his health after recent scares in public.
