{"id":359393,"date":"2026-07-08T19:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T18:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/from-mcconnell-to-biden-whats-with-politicians-hiding-health-problems\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T19:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T18:00:18","slug":"from-mcconnell-to-biden-whats-with-politicians-hiding-health-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/from-mcconnell-to-biden-whats-with-politicians-hiding-health-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"From McConnell to Biden: What&#8217;s with politicians hiding health problems?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/JvM86X2jAQk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"From McConnell to Biden: What's with politicians hiding health problems?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JvM86X2jAQk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>There was a national reckoning after the 2024 presidential campaign about federal officials \u2014 Joe Biden and his White House, specifically \u2014 hiding important health information from the public. But the hiding hasn\u2019t stopped. If anything, it appears to be getting worse. Increasingly, some very high-profile public officials seem to have concluded that constituents and the broader public simply aren\u2019t entitled to basic information explaining lengthy absences from their jobs. And their staffs are enabling them.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Rep. Tom Kean of New Jersey recently returned to the House after spending more than 100 days away with no explanation at the time, ultimately citing depression. Now, questions are building about the also mysterious and now weeks long absence of GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.<\/p>\n<p>Watch 24\/7 live news with CNN Headlines: https:\/\/bit.ly\/4eIvlTr<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Questions swirl over Mitch McConnell&#8217;s three week hospitalization<br \/>\n2:53 Can McConnell still do his job? The NewsNight panel debates<br \/>\n5:33 Other members of congress who took medical leaves of absence<\/p>\n<p>#Biden #McConnell #News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a national reckoning after the 2024 presidential campaign about federal officials \u2014 Joe Biden and his White House, specifically \u2014 hiding important health information from the public. But the hiding hasn\u2019t stopped. If anything, it appears to be getting worse. 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