Mitch McConnell - report

American politician and lawyer (born 1942)

Addison Mitchell McConnell III is an American politician and retired attorney serving as the senior United States senator from Kentucky, a seat he has held since 1985. McConnell has been the Senate leader of the Republican Party since 2007 and has served as minority leader since 2021, having previously held that post from 2007 to 2015 and was majority leader from 2015 to 2021.

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, 81, froze during a press conference Wednesday. It was the second such incident in two months for McConnell, who froze up while talking to reporters in July at the Capitol. In March McConnell was briefly hospitalized with concussion and a "minor rib fracture"
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McConnell suddenly paused as he was answering a question about running for re-election in 2026. An aide came to his side and asked if he had heard the question but the 81-year-old didn't respond. It is McConnell's second health scare since July, when he froze mid-sentence during a press conference in Congress and stood motionless at a microphone.
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Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving party leader in Senate history, faces calls to resign. The 81-year-old appeared to freeze and stare off into the distance for several seconds during a press conference at the Capitol on Wednesday. He was led away by his Republican colleagues, but later returned, saying he was fine.
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McConnell, 81, appeared to be unable to start talking again as other senators helped him move away from the lectern. This comes after he was hospitalized in March for a concussion he suffered from a fall at a hotel in Washington.
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The top Republican fell during a private dinner on Wednesday. It remains unclear how long the 81-year-old might remain absent from the narrowly divided Senate. He's the third member of the Senate to be hospitalized in the past month alone.