Mitch Mc Connell returns to the Senate
Mitch Mc Connell has returned to the Senate after months recovering from a fall.
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While most report Mc Connell's return, The Daily Beast shifts focus to a "mystery" involving Elaine Chao, while others add context like "hospitalization" or "first vote."
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Mitch Mc Connell has returned to the Senate after months recovering from a fall.
Mc Connell arrived at the Capitol in a wheelchair and with what CNN described as a "noticeably thinner" appearance, but was able to make a few statements to the press while at the Senate.
According to Sen. Mitch Mc Connell's office, the Kentucky senator plans to vote on Monday.
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Reuters Sen. Mitch Mc Connell’s sudden reemergence after more than three months of silence has only deepened the questions about his va...
Republican Sen. Mitch Mc Connell of Kentucky returned to the Senate on Monday for the first time since June 14, when he was hospitalized after a fall in his home.
Mc Connell, who is not seeking re-election in the midterm elections, appeared in the halls of Congress in a wheelchair.
The 84-year-old said he was prepared to cast his first vote after rampant speculation about his health Mitch Mc Connell, the former Republican Senate majority leader, returned to the Capito...
Former leader of the GOP Senate caucus, 84, was hospitalized in mid-June after a fall
Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch Mc Connell made a return to the U.S. Capitol on Monday, ending a three-month medical absence following a severe fall at his home.
Kentucky Republican’s lengthy absence from the Senate generated a flood of criticism and online speculation over his health
Mitch Mc Connell has returned to the Senate after months recovering from a fall.
Senator Mitch Mc Connell returned to Congress on Monday following a fall at his home that led to an extended absence. The 84-year-old lawmaker released a statement late Monday afternoon con...
Former US Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mc Connell finally came back to the Capitol on Monday after a three-month absence that fueled calls for the Kentucky Republican's resignation and wide...
Republican Sen. Mitch Mc Connell of Kentucky was seen in Washington, D.C., on Monday, for the first time since June. Ed O'Keefe reports.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Mitch Mc Connell of Kentucky returned to the Senate to vote on Monday for the first time in three months, looking noticeably more frail after he was hospit...
Republican Sen. Mitch Mc Connell of Kentucky returned to the Senate on Monday after a long absence due to his health issues. The former leader of the Senate had been absent from Congress fo...
Sen. Mitch Mc Connell returned to Capitol Hill Monday after a monthslong absence.
Sen. Mitch Mc Connell returned to the Capitol and cast his first Senate vote since a June fall led to a three-month absence.
Speculation over Sen. Mitch Mc Connell’s health has remained front and center throughout the summer after a fall at his home on June 14.
After months of absence due to health issues, Sen. Mitch Mc Connell, R-Ky., reappeared Monday on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., for a Senate vote.
Sen. Mitch Mc Connell (R-KY), 84, announced he will return to the Senate on Monday evening and cast votes: Today, I’ll cast my first Senate vote since I took a bad fall back in June. I’m re...
Since being hospitalized more than 90 days ago, Kentucky U.S. Sen. Mitch Mc Connell says he plans to return to the Senate Monday evening. Mc Connell, 84, was hospitalized in June and said o...
Mc Connell’s return marks his first time back in Congress since June 14, when he was hospitalized after a fall in his home.
Republican Sen. Mitch Mc Connell of Kentucky has returned to the Senate after a long absence. The 94-year-old senator has not been to the U.S. Capitol since June 14, when he was hospitalize...
The Kentucky lawmaker announced that he’s casting a vote in the Senate on Monday, marking the end of his months-long absence from the upper chamber after he was hospitalized in June followi...
Mc Connell spent weeks in recovery before explaining he was "briefly unconscious" following the fall that sent him to the hospital and a weeks-long recovery process.
Sen. Mitch Mc Connell returned to the Senate on Monday, casting his first vote since he took a serious fall in June.
Senator Mitch Mc Connell, the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican and former leader, had been absent for more than 13 weeks after a health incident, fueling questions about his ability to conti...
Sen. Mitch Mc Connell (R-Ky.) returned to the Senate Monday evening to cast his first vote since June 11 after spending months away from the Capitol recuperating from a fall he suffered at...
Sen. Mitch Mc Connell (R-Ky.) returned to the Senate Monday evening to cast his first vote since June 11 after spending months away from the Capitol recuperating from a fall he suffered at...
Several Capitol Police officers gathered outside the Washington, D.C., home of Sen. Mitch Mc Connell before he emerged in a wheelchair and was loaded into an SUV. Video posted online showed...
The Gateway Pundit reporter Myles Morrell was outside former Senate Majority Leader and current Senator Mitch Mc Connell's DC home on Monday when he was wheeled out to attend the US Senate...
The 84-year-old Kentucky Republican is back in Washington after a fall, hospitalization, pneumonia and weeks of rehabilitation kept him away from the Senate.
Sen. Mitch Mc Connell (R-KY) returned to the U.S. Capitol on Monday, ending a three-month absence that fueled mounting questions about the 84-year-old senator’s health and ability to finish...
'The fact our Senators have SO MUCH CONTEMPT for us that we're not even allowed to know if they're ALIVE is INSANE'
Sen. Mitch Mc Connell (R-KY) described a "long and often frustrating process" of recovery after returning to the Senate on Monday. It was the first time that the former Republican majority...
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