New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- Mitch McConnell. The 84-year-old minority leader had signed an official communication to the White House. He just cannot leave his bed to do it in person.

visual evidence he is alive.

One day after that health update, his name appeared on an official letter to the White House. The July 28 communication, titled "Kentucky Congressional Delegation Urges President Trump to Approve Kentucky's Major Disaster Declaration," asked the president to authorize federal assistance for nineteen counties and thirteen cities struck by severe storms between June 17 and June 30. Six Kentuckians died in the flooding, including three from Madison County. Forty-two homes were destroyed or rendered uninhabitable. More than one hundred bus...