The announced retirement of Senator Mitch McConnell, the erstwhile longest-serving Republican leader in Senate history and one of the most consequential lawmakers of his era, was not unexpected.

U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell heads to the Senate Chambers to vote on Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be director of the FBI, on February 20, in Washington, D.C.

An interview with veteran congressional observer Norm Ornstein about Mitch McConnell’s striking condemnation of Trump’s most dangerous nominees and what it says about GOP capitulation to Trump.