Senator Mitch McConnell, 84, reappeared on Capitol Hill Monday evening after more than three months out of public view, arriving in a wheelchair, casting his first vote since a June hospitalization, and acknowledging he is "still not quite back to 100%." The Kentucky Republican emerged from his Washington, D.C., home just before 6:00 p.m. on […] The post Mitch McConnell returns to Senate in wheelchair after 90-day absence following fall appeared first on American Almanac .
Senator Mitch McConnell, 84, reappeared on Capitol Hill Monday evening after more than three months out of public view, arriving in a wheelchair, casting his first vote since a June hospitalization, and acknowledging he is "still not quite back to 100%." The Kentucky Republican emerged from his Washington, D.C., home just before 6:00 p.m. on September 14, with Capitol Police gathered outside. Minutes later, he was outside the Senate Chamber, speaking to reporters for the first time since a fall on June 14 sent him to the hospital. He then rolled onto the Senate floor in a wheelchair, cast a ballot in the evening vote series, and huddled with colleagues. McConnell had not been seen in public for more than 90 days. During that stretch, his…Open
President Trump's longtime pollster is offering Republican candidates a detailed playbook for neutralizing Democratic attacks over AI data centers — down to what language they should and shouldn't use. Why it matters: Republican strategists say GOP candidates have been all over the map in responding to the backlash to data centers. - The goal is to put Republicans on offense after months of playing defense on the issue. Driving the news: Pollster Tony Fabrizio warns in a two-page memo obtained by Axios that "unqualified support for building more AI data centers is a losing position." - Fabrizio specifically advises candidates not to say, "I support building more data centers," warning: "It will be clipped and show up in ads." -…
The Senate fails to advance crypto bill. Democrats had raised concerns that the bill would not do enough to address President Donald Trump’s crypto empire.
Trump made the remarks after a federal judge ruled that the board could not add the president's name in any capacity without authorization from Congress.
The landmark legislation, known as the Clarity Act, stalled in the Senate as Democrats raised concerns about President Trump’s personal investments in crypto.
In a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) questioned FBI Director Kash Patel on his decision to file a defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic after it printed an article alleging that Patel's "excessive drinking" had impaired his ability to do his job. Welch also pressed Patel on his presence at the Winter Olympics in Italy earlier this year.
Democratic Reps. Emanuel Cleaver and Juan Vargas questioned Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during a hearing before the House Financial Services Committee about the $5,000 checks President Donald Trump has pledged to send Americans if Republicans retain control of Congress.
