Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell was admitted into the hospital after struggling “flu-like signs” over the weekend.
In line with a press release supplied to Folks by a consultant for McConnell, 83, on Tuesday, February 3, the longest serving Senate get together chief in U.S. historical past checked himself right into a hospital sooner or later prior.
“In an abundance of warning, after experiencing flu-like signs over the weekend, Senator McConnell checked himself into a neighborhood hospital for analysis final evening,” the assertion learn.
The Kentucky Republican’s assertion additionally famous that his prognosis is “optimistic” and he’s receiving “wonderful care.”
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It concluded, “He’s in common contact along with his employees and appears ahead to returning to Senate enterprise.”
It’s unclear how lengthy McConnell is anticipated to stay within the hospital.
Us Weekly has reached out to a consultant for McConnell for remark.
The politician has publicly shared his well being points over time, whereas a latest fall that occurred within the hallway of the Capitol Constructing in Washington, D.C., was witnessed and filmed by reporters.
Shared by native Louisville, Kentucky, information outlet WHAS11, by way of its YouTube account on October 17, 2025, a video of the incident additionally captured McConnell strolling whereas assisted by the arm of a colleague simply previous to his fall.
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The tumble occurred whereas McConnell was being questioned over his perspective on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
His Capitol Constructing fall marked the third public fall of 2025, and the politician has publicly fallen twice within the constructing in whole.
McConnell additionally suffered a public concussion after tripping and falling inside Washington’s Waldorf Astoria in 2023. His restoration concerned reliance on a wheelchair, per reporting on the time by NBC Information.
He has additionally demonstrated public freezing episodes over time, a number of of which have been captured by information retailers throughout press conferences. The outcomes of the episodes have left McConnell fully non-responsive within the face of questioning.
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McConnell has held the seat of Kentucky since 1985 and is presently in his seventh Senate time period. From 2007 to 2025, he additionally served because the chief of the Senate Republican Convention. He introduced final 12 months that he wouldn’t search reelection in 2026.
In 2015, McConnell, who has been married to former authorities official Elaine Chao since 1993, was first listed as one in all Time journal’s 100 most influential individuals on this planet. He was awarded the identical honor in 2019 and 2023.
He’s a polio survivor, having endured a polio assault in 1944 when he was two years outdated. His higher left leg was paralyzed on account of the assault. Profitable remedy from medical employees on the Roosevelt Heat Springs Establishment for Rehabilitation on the time, prevented McConnell from growing a everlasting incapacity.