Overview
- The emergency dispatch audio obtained by The Washington Post and CNN’s ambulance video from June 14 showed responders treating an unconscious person and a medic reporting CPR while a stretcher was used.
- Senate Republicans and allies say McConnell remains hospitalized but is improving and working with staff, with John Thune and John Barrasso describing recent phone calls as showing him alert and engaged.
- Former aide Scott Jennings said he spoke with McConnell for about 20 minutes and that the senator was meeting with staff and preparing at some point to resume duties.
- Observers and TMZ reported workers carrying carpet samples and flooring at McConnell’s Capitol Hill home, a sighting that has fueled online rumors that supporters and mainstream outlets have disputed for lack of evidence.
- No detailed medical condition has been publicly confirmed by McConnell’s office, and his prolonged absence still poses practical questions for a narrow GOP Senate majority and for how a Kentucky vacancy would be handled.