Mitch McConnell returned to the US Senate on Monday, 14 September, after an absence of about three months following his hospitalisation in June. The Kentucky Republican cast his first Senate vote since his 14 June fall at his Washington home, ending uncertainty over when he would return to Capitol Hill.
The return came as the Senate reconvened in Washington after a five-week recess. McConnell's prolonged absence had renewed attention on his Washington home, where a security presence involving Capitol Police was reported earlier this month.
