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Mitch McConnell returns to US Senate after 3-month health absence

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Senator Mitch McConnell has returned to the US Senate after a three-month absence due to a fall and subsequent hospitalization. The 84-year-old Republican, appearing frail and using a wheelchair, addressed reporters and expressed his readiness to resume legislative duties. He indicated a focus on passing farm legislation, supporting NATO, and countering Russian aggression in Ukraine. AI

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Mitch McConnell returns to US Senate after 3-month health absence

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Reuters ·

    Mitch McConnell returns to US Senate after 3-month health absence

    Republican Senator Mitch McConnell returned to the Capitol on ⁠Monday after a three-month absence spent recuperating from a fall ⁠in his Washington home that had raised questions about his fitness to serve in Congress. “I must admit. After two years of – decades, actually – dodgi…

  2. Axios Technology TIER_1 English(EN) · Avery Lotz ·

    McConnell returns to Capitol after 3-month absence

    <p>Sen. <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/07/12/mitch-mcconnell-hospitalization-fall-pneumonia" target="_blank">Mitch McConnell</a> voted at the U.S. Capitol on Monday for the first time in three months after being hospitalized in June.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Th…

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