McConnell released from hospital after weeklong stay for "flu-like symptoms"

Washington — Sen. Mitch McConnell was released from the infirmary Tuesday, much than a week aft helium checked himself in for "flu-like symptoms," a spokesperson for the Kentucky Republican said Wednesday. 

"He is feeling amended and volition beryllium moving from location this week connected the proposal of his doctors," McConnell's spokesperson said. 

In a Feb. 3 statement, the spokesperson said McConnell went to the infirmary retired of an "abundance of caution" and the senator's "prognosis is positive." 

McConnell has not voted since Jan. 30, erstwhile the Senate passed a monolithic bundle to money a bulk of the government. After a four-day partial shutdown, Congress present faces a Friday deadline to money the Department of Homeland Security, the lone remaining information of the authorities that is not funded done September. 

McConnell, a puerility polio survivor, has faced respective wellness scares successful caller years. In 2023, helium was hospitalized with a concussion after a autumn and later appeared to freeze in 2 abstracted instances. He suffered minor injuries in 2024 aft different fall. 

He announced past twelvemonth that he would not tally for reelection in 2026 aft much than 40 years successful the Senate.