US Senator Mitch McConnell has been discharged from a rehabilitation centre and will continue to recover at home, he said in a statement on Thursday. The 84-year-old Kentucky Republican was admitted to hospital in mid-June after experiencing a fall and “a mild case of pneumonia”. Last month he moved to the centre, saying he was
His office also released a memo from the Office of the Attending Physician (OAP), which said doctors visit the senator daily to discuss “all aspects of his rehabilitation care.” “Since his discharge from hospital, he has maintained an arduous course of physical therapy and rehabilitation, including multiple sessions a day designed to regain strength and
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell says he won’t return to the Senate “yet” after suffering a fall and “a mild case of pneumonia.” It is the first statement from the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican after weeks of speculation about his health, following his admission to the hospital in mid-June. His office released a photo in addition to
McConnell had polio as a child and finds back-slapping painful, so Chao stepped in to hug constituents instead. “She listens very actively. She really pays attention and remembers details about people,” Kelly Westwood, director of the Kenton County Republican Women’s Caucus, told Time in 2014. “She doesn’t see them for months and then she says,
Google’s SynthID system has been used to debunk a high-profile AI-generated fake image, in a rare but significant victory for the system. Earlier this week, an image circulated online that appeared to show Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell covered in tubes in a hospital bed in a state of extreme distress. The image was widely shared
WASHINGTON– The Senate’s top two Republicans have spoken individually with Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell, according to aides, as the former Republican leader remains in the hospital more than three weeks after being admitted for undisclosed health problems. McConnell’s aides have refused to release information about his condition, fueling speculation about his prognosis and whether he