<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/26/politics/mitch-mcconnell-freezes-press-conference/index.html" target="_blank">Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell</a> plans to serve the rest of the 118th Congress as the GOP leader, the Kentucky Republican’s office said in a statement Friday.

Questions about the future of McConnell, 81, were swiftly raised this week <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/27/politics/mitch-mcconnell-multiple-falls-this-year/index.html" target="_blank">after he froze for 30 seconds</a> during a news conference. The statement doesn’t address his plans in the next Congress, which begins in 2025.

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CNN’s Manu Raju contributed to this report.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to serve the rest of the 118th Congress as the GOP leader, the Kentucky Republican’s office said in a statement Friday.{ai:summary}Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, 81, will continue to serve as the GOP leader for the remainder of the 118th Congress. Questions were raised about McConnell's future after he froze for 30 seconds during a news conference. His plans for the next Congress remain unknown. #politics

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