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Senator Chris Murphy hospitalized after stroke
Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut was hospitalized Saturday after suffering a stroke, his office said Sunday.[14, 16] Murphy started experiencing numbness in his arm while at his son's hockey game, according to a statement from his chief of staff, Allison Herwitt.[5]
The New York Times reported that Murphy is 'awake and alert' after the stroke.[10] The 53-year-old senator has been campaigning for fellow Democrats and has been viewed as a potential candidate for president in 2028, according to The New York Times and Talking Points Memo.[7, 10]
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Of the 30 rated outlets that covered it, 10 are left of center (1 of them in the Left group), 11 are center and 9 are right of center (8 of them in the Right group). 3 more are not rated.
- Left: Crooks and Liars (−1.26).
- Leans left: Salon (−1.20), HuffPost (−1.06), Raw Story (−0.94), Talking Points Memo (−0.78), MS NOW (−0.76), The New York Times (−0.70), The Guardian (−0.70), NPR (−0.68), The Daily Beast (−0.64).
- Center: NBC News (−0.49), PBS NewsHour (−0.48), ABC News (−0.19), CBS News (−0.14), Axios (−0.05), Roll Call (+0.04), Yahoo News (+0.07), Bloomberg (+0.08), The Hill (+0.10), UPI (+0.17), CNBC (+0.40).
- Leans right: New York Post (+0.64).
- Right: The Washington Times (+1.27), Washington Examiner (+1.34), WorldNetDaily (+1.44), Fox News (+1.52), IJR (+1.52), RedState (+1.87), The Daily Caller (+1.91), The Daily Wire (+2.07).
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