The US Republican senator has been absent from Congress during a weeks-long hospitalisation, spurring party concern.

The veteran Republican senator from Kentucky has been hospitalized for nearly a month. Speculation about the octogenarian's health has been rampant.

Senator’s office has released only sparse details about hospital stay, leaving fevered speculation to fill vacuum

Sen. McConnell's health concerns rise amid absence and speculation of cardiac arrest. Resignation before term ends now at 56.5% YES.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Mitch McConnell on Sunday revealed for the first time that a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking the silence about his condition after weeks of…

Sen. Mitch McConnell is revealing for the first time that a fall led to his hospitalization after weeks of mounting speculation about his health.

He explained the long silence about his condition by saying that “folks of my generation often hesitate to share the vulnerability that comes with growing older.”

After four weeks away, Mitch McConnell finally revealed what happened during the health scare that landed him in hospital.

Senator Mitch McConnell said he could not immediately return to the Senate floor but would continue working on Senate business during his recovery

Sen. Mitch McConnell says he was briefly unconscious after a fall and later developed pneumonia but is now recovering at a rehabilitation center.

McConnell is the longest-serving party leader in Senate history.

Senator says in statement he has undergone battery of tests after weeks of mounting speculation about his health

Former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Sunday ended weeks of speculation about his health with a statement saying he’s on the mend. The Kentucky Republican, who was…

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McConnell, R-Ky., said he would return to the Senate but didn’t give a date.

After weeks of speculation about the Republican’s wellbeing McConnell, 84, said he developed pneumonia while hospitalised for the fall.

The US Republican senator has been absent from Congress during a weeks-long hospitalisation, spurring party concern.

Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has announced, after weeks of speculation, that he had a fall last month that landed him in the hospital.

Ending a long silence after a hospitalization, Sen. Mitch McConnell released a statement on his health in which he said he is recovering from a fall.