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Mitch McConnell returns to Senate after three-month health absence

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. Grouped from 7 articles across 7 sources.

7 reports7 sourcesSep 15, 2026, 12:58 PM
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CNBCSep 15, 2026, 12:58 PM

Mitch McConnell returns to Senate after three-month health absence

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.

Al JazeeraSep 15, 2026, 8:41 AM

Mitch McConnell returns to US Senate after three-month absence

Senator McConnell casts his first vote since June, pledging presence for crucial Senate decisions.

The GuardianSep 15, 2026, 12:19 AM

Mitch McConnell returns to Senate after months-long absence

The 84-year-old said he was prepared to cast his first vote after rampant speculation about his health Mitch McConnell, the former Republican Senate majority leader, returned to the Capitol on Monday and cast his first vote after a months‑long absence that fueled rampant speculation about his health. One of the highest-profile figures in Congress , the 84-year-old senator has been away from the Senate since mid-June, following what his office said was a fall that left him hospitalized. After weeks of silence, that spurred demands for greater transparency and stoked online conspiracies, McConnell disclosed that he had been “briefly unconscious” and “also had to deal with a mild case of pneumonia”. He was discharged from a rehabilitation center last month. Continue reading...

ABC AustraliaSep 15, 2026, 5:11 AM

US Republican Mitch McConnell returns to Senate after lengthy illness

The senator returned to the Capitol for the first time in three months, after his illness-related absence generated criticism and online speculation.

The Straits TimesSep 15, 2026, 12:31 AM

Top US senator Mitch McConnell, 84, returns after monthslong medical absence

McConnell, who is not seeking re-election in the midterm elections, appeared in the halls of Congress in a wheelchair.

ABC NewsSep 15, 2026, 8:17 AM

Sen. Mitch McConnell returns to Senate floor in wheelchair after hospitalization

Sen. Mitch McConnell, who has been absent from the Senate since being hospitalized in June following a fall, is set to return to the Senate floor Monday night.

The Globe and MailSep 15, 2026, 12:10 AM

Mitch McConnell returns to U.S. Senate for first time since June hospitalization

Kentucky Republican’s lengthy absence from the Senate generated a flood of criticism and online speculation over his health

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