{"slug": "mitch-mcconnell-is-admitted-to-a-hospital", "title": "Mitch McConnell is admitted to a hospital", "summary": "Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell was admitted to a hospital on Sunday, his spokesperson said, without providing details on his condition or location. The 84-year-old Kentucky lawmaker, who stepped down as Senate Republican leader last year, has faced health issues including a fall and concussion in 2023.", "body_md": "**Getting your**\n\n[Trinity Audio](//trinityaudio.ai)player ready...WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell was admitted to a hospital Sunday, his spokesperson said, but there was no immediate information about why he was there or his prognosis.\n\nMcConnell, 84, was the longest-serving Senate leader in history before stepping aside from that role while finishing his final term, which ends in January.\n\n“Senator McConnell was admitted to the hospital this morning. He is receiving excellent care,” spokesperson David Popp said in a statement without elaboration. It was not immediately clear whether the Kentucky lawmaker was in Washington, his home state or elsewhere.\n\nMcConnell’s health has been a subject of scrutiny for years.\n\nIn December 2024, he fell and sprained his wrist while leaving a GOP luncheon. In March 2023, he fell in a Washington hotel and was hospitalized with a concussion; he missed several weeks of work. After he returned, he twice froze up during news conferences that summer, staring vacantly ahead before colleagues and staff came to his assistance.\n\nMcConnell had polio in his early childhood and he has long acknowledged some difficulty as an adult in walking and climbing stairs. He has intermittently used a wheelchair to navigate the Capitol.\n\nMcConnell was first elected to the Senate in 1984 and was the Republican leader from 2007 until last year, serving as both majority and minority leader during that period.\n\nHe remains active in the Senate, showing up for work when the chamber is in session, and recent chairing public hearings and grilling officials from his perch as the chairman for the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on defense.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mitch-mcconnell-is-admitted-to-a-hospital", "canonical_source": "https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/06/14/mitch-mcconnell-in-hospital/", "published_at": "2026-06-14 19:23:59+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-14 19:43:42.373047+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy"], "entities": ["Mitch McConnell", "David Popp", "Senate", "Kentucky", "Washington"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mitch-mcconnell-is-admitted-to-a-hospital", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mitch-mcconnell-is-admitted-to-a-hospital.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mitch-mcconnell-is-admitted-to-a-hospital.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mitch-mcconnell-is-admitted-to-a-hospital.jsonld"}}