Sen. Mitch McConnell is finally heading home after nearly two months away from public life — but he is not returning to the Capitol just yet.

The 84-year-old Kentucky Republican announced Thursday that he has been discharged from the rehabilitation center where he was recovering from a serious fall and a subsequent bout of pneumonia.

McConnell will continue an intensive physical-therapy regimen at home during the Senate's state work period. His statement did not provide a date for when he expects to resume voting in person.

The fall and pneumonia forced a lengthy absence from the Senate:

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) has been discharged from a rehabilitation center, where he was recovering from a fall and a subsequent bout of pneumonia that forced a lengthy Senate absence https://t.co/NvZ36yFXsB

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The senator's own office put the next phase of his recovery in writing.

Senator McConnell's office said he was discharged on August 6 and will continue recovering at home. McConnell thanked friends, colleagues, Kentuckians, and

This was a scary moment.

On Tuesday evening, popular pro-Trump artist Scott LoBaido suffered a medical emergency.

LoBaido reportedly suffered a heart attack as he was confronting New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani at an event at Midland Beach.

Watch the moment it happened here:

Syracuse reported further details on LoBaido's medical emergency:

A prominent Staten Island artist and activist suffered a medical emergency Tuesday evening during the NYPD's National Night Out Against Crime event at Midland Beach, prompting a rapid response from emergency personnel who performed life-saving measures before transporting him to a hospital, silive.com reported.

Scott LoBaido experienced the emergency shortly before 7 p.m. near 488 Father Capodanno Blvd. during the annual community event, according to emergency dispatch information. The gathering is part of the nationwide National Night Out campaign, which is designed to strengthen relationships between law enforcement and the communities they serve through neighborhood events.

An FDNY spokesperson told multiple New York media outlets that crews were dispatched at 6:56 p.m. following a report of a person in cardiac arrest. Witnesses said first responders immediately began cardiopulmonary resuscitation and used an

This was a close call.

As the WLT Report previously reported, 38-year-old Jeanine John Taele was arrested on Sunday after arriving at Trump National Golf Club in California, heavily armed.

Taele's arrest came just two days before President Trump was expected to visit the golf club.

New details have revealed that Taele was a decorated Marine who served both in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Yahoo News reported more details on Taele's arrest and provided his military background:

The armed man accused of scouting President Trump's Southern California golf club is a decorated Marine who imagined himself working federal security detail while meticulously documenting surveillance logs, The California Post has learned.

Jeanine John Taele, 38, of Downey, falsely claimed he worked for the State Department and was assigned to a security detail when he was approached by federal agents and arrested at Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles in Rancho Palos Verdes Sunday, according to prosecutors.

Taele was allegedly seen wearing an earpiece and photographing Secret Service during a previous visit to the course on July 31.

Investigators found seven notebooks filled with detailed surveillance logs during