What's going on with Mitch McConnell, is he still senate leader?

Mitch McConnell is not the Senate Republican leader anymore. He stepped down from Republican leadership in 2024, and current reports say he’s been hospitalized and is recovering while still working with staff on Senate business and Kentucky matters.

What’s happening

• He was hospitalized on June 14, 2026, with no public explanation of the condition.

• His office later said he was “fully engaged” with staff and then that he would not vote that week while recovering.

• As of June 28, reports said few details about his health had been released, and it was not confirmed whether he was still hospitalized.

Senate leadership

He is not the Senate leader. The reporting describes him as the former Republican Senate Majority Leader and says he stepped aside from leadership while finishing his final Senate term.

Current status

• He remains a sitting U.S. senator from Kentucky for now.

• He announced he would not run for re-election, so his Senate career is expected to end when his term finishes.

In plain English

So the quick version is: McConnell is still a senator, but no longer the GOP leader , and the current news focus is his recent hospitalization and recovery.

TL;DR: He’s out of Senate leadership, still serving as a senator, and currently recovering from a June hospitalization.