U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell waves at reporters outside the Senate Chamber after he returned to Capitol Hill on Monday. (Evan Vucci/Reuters) Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky returned to the U.S. Senate on Monday for the first time since June 14, when he was hospitalized after a fall in his home. McConnell’s three-month absence from the Senate generated a flood of criticism and online speculation, as the Kentucky senator initially remained quiet for weeks about his condition. The 84-year-old senator eventually disclosed that he had been “briefly unconscious” due toRead more