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Proof: Sen. Mitch McConnell announces return to Senate floor after hospitalization

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{"first_seen":"2026-09-14T22:21:30Z","headline":"Sen. Mitch McConnell announces return to Senate floor after hospitalization","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"abcnews","url":"https://abcnews.com/Politics/sen-mitch-mcconnell-announces-return-senate-after-hospitalization/story?id=136437773","v":1}

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6f3e17dc080a952bd3fb761d2b68add57338881891e7564dd8c3f88bd253f45e

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-6f3e17dc080a.json prints 6f3e17dc080a952bd3fb761d2b68add57338881891e7564dd8c3f88bd253f45e. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. There is no OpenTimestamps receipt for this record yet.
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

This headline has not been sealed. Headlines are sealed automatically within minutes of first being seen; older ones are sealed on request, and are then marked as a backfill.