DAILYCALLER (Nicole Silverio) - Mitch McConnell’s Staff Won’t Disclose If Senator Will Return After Recess
‘No additional guidance or announcements’
HUFFPOST (U.S. News) - 'And If He Can't...': Fox News Host Gives Missing Mitch McConnell A Blunt Ultimatum
“I’ll say it,” began Joe Concha before calling out the former Senate majority leader as his monthslong absence from the chamber marches on.
YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - Symone rips McConnell’s absence: “You are not entitled to a Senate seat”
It has been two months since 84-year-old Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell has been in public. The Weeknight hosts ask what many are wondering: Where is Mitch McConnell?
JUSTTHENEWS (Ben Whedon) - Beshear demands McConnell explain his absence or resign
McConnell has not been seen publicly or on video in weeks, though many lawmakers have claimed to have had phone conversations with him.
AXIOS (Andrew Solender) - House Democrat wants reckoning after Mitch McConnell, Tom Kean Jr. absences
The prolonged absences of Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-N.J.) and Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) have inspired a bill that would force members of Congress to offer up more information when they go AWOL, Axios has learned. Why it matters: The back-to-back disappearances have sparked an intense national debate over the degree to which federal lawmakers are obligated to be transparent with the public about their health. - After missing nearly four months of House votes for an unexplained health reason, Kean revealed last month that he was hospitalized for depression. - McConnell broke his silence Sunday about a weeks-long hospitalization that led to rampant speculation about his health, revealing he was admitted after a fall and developed "a mild…
THEFEDERALIST (M.D. Kittle) - MIA Mitch McConnell Must Explain His Absence Or Retire
The rules are clear: senators must disclose to the Senate reasons for an extended absence. Has Mitch McConnell done that? Is he even alive?
NEWSNATIONNOW (Jeff Arnold) - What Mitch McConnell's absence means for GOP defense spending hopes
With deadline looming for the fiscal 2027 budget, McConnell is unlikely to return to the Capitol next week, sources say.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Helen Huiskes, Emily Brooks, and The Hill) - McConnell, Kean absences revive debate about what information lawmakers owe voters
Lawmakers’ extended and sometimes unexplained absences from Washington are raising questions about how much transparency elected officials owe the public about their health. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has been in the hospital for more than three weeks, with aides providing few details about the reason even as 911 dispatch audio revealed paramedics had responded to [...]
NYTIMES (Tracey Tully) - What Tom Kean Did and Didn’t Explain About His Absence
Representative Thomas Kean Jr., a New Jersey Republican, has finally reappeared in Congress. Questions remain about his nearly four-month absence from public life, which he said was due to depression.
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - GOP Rep. Tom Kean discloses diagnosed depression led to long-term absence
Rep. Thomas Kean Jr. (R-N.J.) said on Tuesday that his lengthy and previously unexplained absence from the House was due to being treated for depression, publicly elaborating on the for the first time on the medical condition that had kept him away from Washington. Kean made the disclosure in a floor speech when he returned to the Capitol on Tuesday after missing more than 100 House votes since March 5. #house #depression #politics