Mitch McConnell sets new record as US Senate's longest-serving party leader

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has broken another record with his decades-long career in Congress when he became the longest-serving party leader in Senate history. That record had been held by Democratic Sen. Mike Mansfield of Montana, but McConnell pulled ahead when Congress convened at noon Tuesday. He has led the Senate Republicans for 16 years and counting − a powerful role he first assumed on Jan. 3, 2007. "The greatest honor of my career is representing the commonwealth of Kentucky in this chamber and fighting for my fellow Kentuckians,"...