Republican Senator Mitch McConnell returned to Capitol Hill on Monday and cast his first Senate vote in several months, ending an absence of more than 13 weeks after he was hospitalized in June following a fall. The 84-year-old Kentucky lawmaker said he looked forward to being back on the Senate floor; his prolonged absence had fueled widespread speculation about his health.
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McConnell returns to Congress to vote for the first time in several months and says in a statement, ‘I’m really looking forward to being back on the Senate floor’ Sign up for the Breaking News US email Donald Trump has claimed there is a “SICK conspiracy” against artificial intelligence and data centers in response to the growing calls for greater checks on AI development. “The only control or ‘guardrails’ that AI n…
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 following a fall.
NPR – Politics 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.
NYTimes – US Senator Mitch McConnell, 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 continue serving.
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. The 84-year-old senator has been away from the Senate since mid-June, following what his office said was a fall that…
GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky returned to Capitol Hill on Monday for the first time in three months, ending a prolonged absence that sparked widespread speculation about his health.
NPR – World The search continues in Indonesia for at least 129 people who are still missing after a ferry capsized on Sunday. At least six people have died.
NYTimes – World A Russian drone or strike hit a Warsaw-bound train near the Ukraine-Poland border shortly after a train carrying foreign dignitaries, including former U.K. and Swedish prime ministers, passed through the same track. Ukraine and Poland condemned the attack as an escalation; officials described the assault on Ukraine's rail link to the West as a warning to Kyiv's allies.
Iranian officials say a meeting between Iran and Gulf states to discuss the Strait of Hormuz has been postponed, according to Oman. The talks had been seen as an effort to reopen the strategic waterway. Dania Thafer of the Gulf International Forum discussed the negotiations shortly before Oman announced the delay.
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