{"id":425697,"date":"2026-08-06T19:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T19:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/425697\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T19:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T19:56:10","slug":"republican-sen-mitch-mcconnell-discharged-from-rehab-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/425697\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell discharged from rehab facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell was discharged Thursday from the rehabilitation center and will continue his recovery at home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;Earlier today, I was discharged from the rehabilitation center to continue my recovery at home,&#8221; McConnell said in a statement. &#8220;Elaine and I are grateful for the many well wishes and support from friends, colleagues, and Kentuckians, and for the attentive care I\u2019ve received from excellent doctors, nurses, therapists, and hospital staff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks during a Senate Committee on Appropriations subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 20, 2025. \" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR zFTjo hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/19636861_080626-cc-ap-mcconnell-img.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks during a Senate Committee on Appropriations subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 20, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>AP Photo\/Jose Luis Magana, File<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;On the advice of my doctors, I\u2019ll maintain an intensive regimen of physical therapy from home during the state work period, and I\u2019ll continue to engage with my staff and colleagues on important Senate business,&#8221; McConnell added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 ABC News Internet Ventures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell was discharged Thursday from the rehabilitation center and will continue his recovery at home.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425698,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[169703,101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-425697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-169703","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}