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McConnell, Kean absences revive debate about what information lawmakers owe voters
Lawmakers’ extended and sometimes unexplained absences from Washington are raising questions about how much transparency elected officials owe the public about their health. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has been in the hospital for more than three weeks, with aides providing few details about the reason even as 911 dispatch audio revealed paramedics had responded to...
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DNyuz
· Jun 23, 2026
Ohio May Be the Sleeper Senate Race of the Midterms
Left: Democrat Sherrod Brown, a former U.S. senator, speaks at an event in Cleveland in May. Right: Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, speaks during an event in Washington in March. —Brown: Sue Ogrocki—AP; Huster: Jacquelyn Martin—AP Let’s call it a Red State Reset. A raft of klieg-light Senate candidates are driving coverage of Democrats looking to []
PolitiFact
· Jul 8, 2026
Fact-checking Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens in MI Democratic Senate primary debate
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Independent Online
· Jun 22, 2026
What really happens if you don't vote? The truth behind 8 election myths
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The Independent
· Jun 30, 2026
‘Missing’ Republican lawmaker Tom Kean Jr. explains his three-month absence: ‘I was given the diagnosis of depression’
Kean’s absence has complicated matters for House Republican leaders, who are struggling every day to pass bills with their razor-thin majority
Washington Examiner
· Jul 7, 2026
Top Republicans say they spoke with Mitch McConnell while still in the hospital
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), and Kentucky-born political commentator Scott Jennings say they all spoke with Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as the senior senator remains in the hospital, where he has been for several weeks. “Leader Thune spoke with Sen. McConnell yesterday by phone,” a Thune spokesperson told the Washington Examiner on []
USA TODAY
· Jun 30, 2026
Lawmaker reveals why he was absent from Congress for months
New Jersey Rep. Tom Kean Jr. missed more than 140 roll call votes. In a candid House floor speech, he revealed why. Read more: Sign up for our newsletter for the day's top stories, from sports to movies to politics to world events: https://profile.usatoday.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/
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