Mitch McConnell resurfaced in the Senate this week after three months of total public silence — no interviews, no videos, and enough absence that Kentucky's governor says he fielded calls asking whether the senator had died. He's back now, wheeled in by handlers keeping cameras at a very safe distance, which is somehow not making anyone feel better.

A suspicious photo surfaced of Trump smooching a woman who looks a great deal like his executive assistant, and a viral "controversy" over Zohran Mamdani and AOC laughing during a 9/11 reading turned out to be — checks notes — two people saying hello.

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