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1. Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell announces that he will step down as Senate Minority Leader in November, after leading his party in the Senate for nearly twenty years. His tenure makes him the longest-serving Senate leader from the GOP.
   2024-02-28 19:22:48 (First version)
2. U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell announces he will step down as Senate Minority Leader in November, having served as the Senate GOP leader since 2007.
   2024-02-29 02:31:01 (Update)
3. U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell announces that he will step down as Senate minority leader in November, having served as the Senate GOP leader since 2007.
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