The Republican leader of the US Senate, Mitch McConnell is to stand down in November, AP is reporting.
It ends a record run in the powerful post, that has seen the 82-year-old trade blows with many top figures in multiple US administrations of the last two decades.
In a prepared statement obtained by the news agency, Mr McConnell said: “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 will be my last term as Republican leader of the Senate.”
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