Schumer taken to hospital for dehydration amid DC heat wave [View all]

Source: The Hill

06/25/25 3:27 PM ET


Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) was taken to a local Washington-area hospital on Wednesday after becoming lightheaded at the Senate gym during the morning.

Schumer was treated for dehydration, according to a spokesperson for the Democratic leader, and returned to the Capitol for work.

“Leader Schumer was at the Senate gym this morning and got lightheaded,” the spokesperson said in a statement. “Out of an abundance of caution, he went to the hospital to be treated for dehydration and is now back at work in the Capitol.” “He wants to remind everyone to drink some water and stay out of the heat,” the spokesperson added.

The nation’s capital is experiencing an intense heat wave this week, with temperatures hovering near triple digits in recent days and not set to dip until Friday.


Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5369569-chuck-schumer-dehydrated-hospitalized/

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That heat is nothing to play with in urban areas and you haven't been acclimated to it. It hit 100 here in Philly yesterday (including on my weather station) and is 98 out on my patio per my weather station (Philly airport hit 99 to break another record for this date) - and both days the dew points have been in the 70s.