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Proof: Mitch McConnell returns to Senate after months-long absence

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{"first_seen":"2026-09-15T05:21:43Z","headline":"Mitch McConnell returns to Senate after months-long absence","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/14/mitch-mcconnell-return-senate","v":1}

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022a4b75bee1339c9f6cb97e41a302e21e70f2d8b4e69f98fd3fb705d864f2db

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• The story pageNot sealed — no capture of the story page was requested.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-022a4b75bee1.json prints 022a4b75bee1339c9f6cb97e41a302e21e70f2d8b4e69f98fd3fb705d864f2db. 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.