Politics
Sen. McConnell Returns to Senate After Health Absence
Mitch McConnell, the Republican Senator from Kentucky, returned to the Senate after a three-month health absence following a fall that hospitalized him and required weeks of recovery.
Coverage timeline — 3 articles
NPR
McConnell 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.
2026-09-14 22:36 UTC
CNBC
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.
2026-09-14 22:23 UTC
The Hill
Sen. Mitch McConnell (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 home. McConnell’s long absence and the trickle of information from his office about his condition fueled weeks o
2026-09-14 22:26 UTC