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Sen. Mitch Mc Connell has been released from the rehabilitation center to continue his recovery at home, the Republican lawmaker announced Thursday.
The U.S. senator from Kentucky was admitted into the hospital June 14 after suffering a fall inside his Washington, D.C. home, which left him briefly unconscious.
Mc Connell said he would continue his recovery from a fall and from pneumonia at home.
Sen. Mitch Mc Connell (R-Ky.) announced on Thursday that he has been discharged from the rehabilitation center where he was undergoing intense physical therapy to recover from a fall he suf...
"On the advice of my doctors, I'll maintain an intensive regimen of physical therapy from home during the state work period," the 84-year-old Mc Connell said.
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In a statement on Thursday he said he will "maintain an intensive regimen of physical therapy" and "continue to engage" on Senate business.
Kentucky Sen. Mitch Mc Connell has been discharged from a rehabilitation center where he has been recovering after a hospitalization earlier this summer.
Sen. Mitch Mc Connell, R-Ky., said Thursday he has been discharged from a rehabilitation center where he has been recovering from a fall.
Republican Sen. Mitch Mc Connell was discharged Thursday from the rehabilitation center and will continue his recovery at home.
Sen. Mitch Mc Connell has been released from the rehabilitation center to continue his recovery at home, the Republican lawmaker announced Thursday.
Sen. Mitch Mc Connell has been released from the rehabilitation center to continue his recovery at home, the Republican lawmaker announced Thursday.
Sen. Mitch Mc Connell has been released from the rehabilitation center to continue his recovery at home, the Republican lawmaker announced Thursday.
Sen. Mitch Mc Connell has been released from the rehabilitation center to continue his recovery at home, the Republican lawmaker announced Thursday.
Sen. Mitch Mc Connell has been released from the rehabilitation center to continue his recovery at home, the Republican lawmaker announced Thursday.
Sen. Mitch Mc Connell has been released from the rehabilitation center to continue his recovery at home, the Republican lawmaker announced Thursday.
Sen. Mitch Mc Connell has been released from the rehabilitation center to continue his recovery at home, the Republican lawmaker announced Thursday.
Sen. Mitch Mc Connell has been released from the rehabilitation center to continue his recovery at home, the Republican lawmaker announced Thursday.
Sen. Mitch Mc Connell said on Thursday that he has been discharged from the rehabilitation center where he had been recovering after a fall and will continue to recover at home.
Sen. Mitch Mc Connell's office announced Thursday that he will remain at home in August after being released from a rehab center.
The Kentucky Republican was hospitalized in June, prompting conspiracy theories and political wrangling in Congress as little information emerged about his health
The 84-year-old Republican lawmaker has been absent from the Senate since June.
Well, we're finally getting somewhere with the Mitch Mc Connell story.
U.S. Sen. Mitch Mc Connell says he has been discharged from a rehabilitation program after a seven-week absence from the Senate. Mc Connell, 84, was hospitalized in June and said on July 12...
Ailing Senator Mitch Mc Connell has been discharged from rehabilitation after being hospitalized nearly two months ago. “Earlier today, I was discharged from the rehabilitation center to co...
Sen. Mitch Mc Connell’s office released a statement on Thursday saying the Kentucky Republican has been discharged from the rehabilitation center. […]
MITCH Mc Connell has been discharged from a rehabilitation center after spending more than seven weeks recovering from a fall that briefly knocked him unconscious. The 84-year-old senator s...
Sen. Mitch Mc Connell (R-Ky.) was discharged from a rehab facility and has returned home amid his lengthy absence from Congress, he said in a statement released Thursday by his office. The...
"I’ll maintain an intensive regimen of physical therapy from home during the state work period..." The post Mc Connell Leaves Rehab, Will Remain at Home for Physical Therapy first appeared...
The Kentucky Republican and former Senate leader was first admitted to the hospital on June 14. He disclosed weeks later that his hospitalization was the result of a fall and said he was un...
Republican Sen. Mitch Mc Connell of Kentucky was hospitalized on June 14.
Sen. Mitch Mc Connell is heading home after nearly two months away from public life following a serious fall that sidelined the longtime Kentucky Republican. Mc Connell announced Thursday t...
U.S. Sen. Mitch Mc Connell, R-Ky., said he's been discharged from the rehabilitation center he's been in since he fell in his home in June.
The Kentucky Republican and former Senate majority leader, 84, has been out of public view since he was taken to a hospital in mid-June.
Another update from Sen. Mitch Mc Connell's office. On Thursday, they sent out another statement from him, saying he's headed home.
The 84-year-old senator said that while he has been discharged, he is not yet returning to Washington.
The U.S. senator from Kentucky was admitted into the hospital June 14 after suffering a fall inside his Washington, D.C. home, which left him briefly unconscious.
The U.S. senator from Kentucky was admitted into the hospital June 14 after suffering a fall inside his Washington, D.C. home, which left him briefly unconscious.
The U.S. senator from Kentucky was admitted into the hospital June 14 after suffering a fall inside his Washington, D.C. home, which left him briefly unconscious.
The U.S. senator from Kentucky was admitted into the hospital June 14 after suffering a fall inside his Washington, D.C. home, which left him briefly unconscious.
The U.S. senator from Kentucky was admitted into the hospital on Sunday, June 14 after having "flu-like symptoms," as well as suffering a fall.
The U.S. senator from Kentucky was admitted into the hospital June 14 after suffering a fall inside his Washington, D.C. home, which left him briefly unconscious.
The U.S. senator from Kentucky was admitted into the hospital June 14 after suffering a fall inside his Washington, D.C. home, which left him briefly unconscious.
The U.S. senator from Kentucky was admitted into the hospital June 14 after suffering a fall inside his Washington, D.C. home, which left him briefly unconscious.
The Senate is set to break for a five-week recess on Friday.
Sen. Mitch Mc Connell has been released from the rehabilitation center to continue his recovery at home, the Republican lawmaker announced Thursday.
Sen. Mitch Mc Connell has been released from the rehabilitation center to continue his recovery at home, the Republican lawmaker announced Thursday.
Sen. Mitch Mc Connell has been released from the rehabilitation center to continue his recovery at home, the Republican lawmaker announced Thursday.
Sen. Mitch Mc Connell has been released from the rehabilitation center to continue his recovery at home, the Republican lawmaker announced Thursday.
Sen. Mitch Mc Connell (R-KY) announced Thursday that he returned home following a weeks-long recovery from a sudden health scare. The post JUST IN: Mitch Mc Connell Announces He’s Back Home...
Sen. Mitch Mc Connell (R-KY) shared new details about his health on Thursday after weeks of speculation. "Earlier today, I was discharged from the rehabilitation center to continue my recov...
Republican Sen. Mitch Mc Connell was discharged Thursday from the rehabilitation center and will continue his recovery at home.
Republican Sen. Mitch Mc Connell was discharged Thursday from the rehabilitation center and will continue his recovery at home.
Republican Sen. Mitch Mc Connell was discharged Thursday from the rehabilitation center and will continue his recovery at home.
Republican Sen. Mitch Mc Connell was discharged Thursday from the rehabilitation center and will continue his recovery at home.
Republican Sen. Mitch Mc Connell was discharged Thursday from the rehabilitation center and will continue his recovery at home.
Republican Sen. Mitch Mc Connell was discharged Thursday from the rehabilitation center and will continue his recovery at home.
WASHINGTON — Sen. Mitch Mc Connell (R-Ky.) said he is returning to his DC home after nearly two months following an incident in mid-June when he was found “unconscious” and taken to the hos...
Sen. Mitch Mc Connell has been discharged from a rehabilitation facility and will continue recovering at home after a June fall in Kentucky.
Senator Mitch Mc Connell was discharged from the rehab center and said he will continue his recovery at home.
Sen. Mitch Mc Connell (R-KY) will spend the coming weeks recovering from a fall in the comfort of his home, releasing a Thursday statement announcing that he’d been released from a rehabili...
Sen. Mitch Mc Connell, R-Ky., said Thursday that he has been discharged from a rehabilitation center where he was recovering from a fall he suffered in mid-June.
Kentucky Senator Mitch Mc Connell, who has been absent from the Senate since a June fall at his home, has been released from a rehabilitation center to continue his recovery at home.
Mitch Mc Connell just released an update, saying he’s been released from rehab and will not rehab at home. So he’s not coming back anytime soon…
The Kentucky Republican was hospitalized June 14, leading to speculation over his condition.
Former Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mc Connell’s ongoing absence is a mystery, with everyone from other Republican candidates to his own Kentucky neighbors baffled as to his whereabouts. “T...
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