Elaine Chao Silences Critics as McConnell Questions Swirl

Chip Somodevilla / via REUTERS Elaine Chao has learned to keep her comments off when posting on social media amid her husband’s continued absence from Congress. The former transportation secretary, 73, has limited who can respond to her posts on X as Sen. Mitch McConnell remains missing from the public eye more than si

Jeff Yang, a family friend of Elaine Chao, questions a new proof-of-life photograph shared by Mitch McConnell.

Senator Mitch McConnell’s office has finally addressed the lawmaker’s ongoing absence—insofar as it relates to his ability to chow down on some red meat at Kentucky’s annual Fancy Farm picnic. “There’s no place I’d rather be on the first Saturday in August than with the good people of western Kentucky, feasting on pork

Sen. Mitch McConnell was all smiles Monday as he posed for a photo demonstrating his recovery from a fall at his Capitol Hill home last month.