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McConnell says he's leaving rehabilitation center to continue recovery at home

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Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky says he’s been discharged from a rehabilitation center and will continue his recovery from home.

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  1. Just the News

    McConnell discharged from rehab facility, will continue physical therapy (opens Just the News)

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    The Kentucky Republican appears unlikely to return to Congress before the August recess begins, though he is expected to return to the upper chamber to complete his final term.

  2. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Mitch McConnell discharged from rehab center after hospitalization in mid-June (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    FILE — Mitch McConnell addresses the media in April 2024.

  3. The Daily Wire

    Sen. Mitch McConnell Gives Major Update After Months In Hospital (opens The Daily Wire)

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    Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced Thursday that he has been released from a rehabilitation facility and will continue his recovery at his Kentucky home, ending a months-long hospitalization that fueled speculation about his health and renewed calls for the 84-year-old to resign.

  4. Roll Call

    McConnell says he’s left rehab center to ‘continue my recovery at home’ (opens Roll Call)

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    Sen. Mitch McConnell, seen here in May chairing an appropriations subcommittee hearing, released a new update on his whereabouts after a fall in June.

  5. Newsweek

    Mitch McConnell Update: Senator Released From Rehab to 'Continue Recovery' (opens Newsweek)

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    Mitch McConnell released from rehab 53 days after his fall, resuming recovery and Senate work from home.

  6. KVIA El Paso

    McConnell says he’s been discharged from rehab center and will continue recovery at home (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    By Clare Foran, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Mitch McConnell said on Thursday that he has been discharged from the rehabilitation center where he had been recovering after a fall and will continue to recover at home.“Earlier today, I was discharged from the rehabilitation center to continue my recovery at home.

  7. News Nation Now

    Mitch McConnell released from rehab facility, office says (opens News Nation Now)

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    The Kentucky Republican was hospitalized on June 14, leading to speculation over his condition.

  8. Eyewitness News (WEHT/WTVW)

    Sen. McConnell's office releases another update on his recovery (opens Eyewitness News (WEHT/WTVW))

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    HENDERSON, Ky (WEHT) - Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell has been discharged from rehab and is continuing recovery at home. In a statement, he says he and Elaine are grateful for the many well wishes and support from "friends, colleagues and Kentuckians, and for the attentive care I've received from …

  9. CBS News

    Mitch McConnell says he's been discharged from rehab (opens CBS News)

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    Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky was hospitalized on June 14.

  10. NBC News

    Sen. Mitch McConnell discharged from rehab center following hospitalization in mid-June (opens NBC News)

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    Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Thursday that he has been discharged from a rehabilitation center where he was recovering from a fall he suffered in mid-June.

  11. WHAS Louisville

    Mitch McConnell discharged after extended hospitalization (opens WHAS Louisville)

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    Mitch McConnell is recovering at home after hospitalization due to flu-like symptoms, continuing physical therapy and Senate duties from home.

  12. Washington Examiner

    Mitch McConnell released from rehabilitation center after June fall (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will spend the coming weeks recovering from a fall in the comfort of his home, releasing a Thursday statement announcing that he’d been released from a rehabilitation center earlier in the day.

  13. New Hampshire Union Leader

    Republican U.S. Sen. McConnell says he has been released from rehab center (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    Longtime Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell said he was released from a rehabilitation center on Thursday and would continue his recovery from a fall and from pneumonia at home.

  14. 6ABC Philadelphia

    Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell discharged from rehab facility (opens 6ABC Philadelphia)

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    Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell was discharged Thursday from the rehabilitation center and will continue his recovery at home.

  15. Axios

    McConnell discharged from rehab center, Senate return still unclear (opens Axios)

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    Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was discharged from a rehab facility and has returned home amid his lengthy absence from Congress, he said in a statement released Thursday by his office. The big picture: The 84-year-old lawmaker was hospitalized in June and has not been seen in public since, outside of…

  16. Fox News

    Mitch McConnell discharged from rehab after fall in mid-June (opens Fox News)

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    Sen. Mitch McConnell has been discharged from a rehabilitation center and will continue recovering at home after a June fall in Kentucky.

  17. New York Post

    Mitch McConnell discharged from hospital after nearly 2 months — but not yet returning to Senate (opens New York Post)

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    WASHINGTON — Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said he is returning to his DC home after nearly two months following an incident in mid-June when he was found “unconscious” and taken to the hospital in an ambulance. U.S.

  18. Kentucky Lantern

    McConnell says he has been discharged from rehab (opens Kentucky Lantern)

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    U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell says he has been discharged from a rehabilitation program after a seven-week absence from the Senate. McConnell, 84, was hospitalized in June and said on July 12 he would enter a rehabilitation center.

  19. WMUR

    Mitch McConnell released from rehab center, senator says (opens WMUR)

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    Sen. Mitch McConnell has been released from the rehabilitation center to continue his recovery at home, the Republican lawmaker announced Thursday.

  20. ABC News

    McConnell discharged from rehab facility (opens ABC News)

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    Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell was discharged Thursday from the rehabilitation center and will continue his recovery at home.

  21. Forbes

    McConnell Discharged From Rehab—Just Before Senate’s 5-Week Recess (opens Forbes)

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    The Senate is set to break for a five-week recess on Friday.

  22. FOX 5 DC

    Mitch McConnell discharged from rehab, will continue recovery at home (opens FOX 5 DC)

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    Sen. Mitch McConnell said Thursday in a written statement that he has been discharged from a rehabilitation center and will continue his recovery at home. What McConnell said "Earlier today, I was discharged from the rehabilitation center to continue my recovery at home," the Kentucky Republican sai…

  23. KSDK

    Sen. Mitch McConnell discharged after extended hospitalization (opens KSDK)

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    The U.S. senator from Kentucky was admitted into the hospital on Sunday, June 14 after having "flu-like symptoms," as well as suffering a fall.

  24. Omaha World-Herald

    Senator Mitch McConnell says he was released from rehab center (opens Omaha World-Herald)

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    The Kentucky Republican and former Senate majority leader, 84, has been out of public view since he ​was taken to a hospital in mid-June.

  25. Townhall

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