Welcome to America, where you're never quite sure if your senator is dead or not

Is it normal for a sitting senator to have to routinely submit proofs of life to a public who suspect he might be braindead? Just asking for 340 million friends in the US. Mitch McConnell was hospitalized for a medical event on 14 June and we are now in week six of What on Earth Is Going on With Mitch? – a mystery that has riveted the nation.

According to McConnell's team there isn't actually a mystery at all. The 84-year-old is doing great, they want us to know. So great that they have now released two photos to prove it...