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Top Republican Mitch McConnell stepping down after freezing mid-sentence in public

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 him trade blows with many top figures in multiple US administrations of the last two decades.

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