A frail-looking McConnell returns to the US Senate after three-month absence
McConnell returned after recovering from a fall and outlined the work he hoped to resume in the Senate.
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Mitch McConnell returned to the Senate after a three-month absence following a fall, hospitalization and rehabilitation. He said he planned to work on farm legislation, NATO relations and Ukraine policy while declining to say whether he would finish his term.
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