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'Um what?' McConnell return comes with eyebrow-raising condition flagged as 'bigger' story
U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) sits in a wheelchair, as he is pushed on his way to speak to reporters outside the Senate Chamber after he returned to Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 14, 2026. REUTERS/Evan Vucci
The Missing Camera Is the Story
A Senator Returns Without Public Proof
Mitch McConnell returned to the Senate after nearly three months away following a hospitalization. Reporters were barred from recording him inside the Capitol, leaving constituents without public video of an elected senator reportedly resuming one of the country’s most powerful offices.
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