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Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy returns home after hospital visit
WASHINGTON (AP) - Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy was taken to a hospital Tuesday evening after not feeling well and later sent home after tests, a spokesman said, hours after the 80-year-old Democrat began presiding over the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump.Leahy, who'd been in his Capitol office, was taken to George Washington University Hospital "out of an abundance of caution" after being examined by Congress' attending physician, Leahy spokesman David Carle said.The senator underwent an evaluation before his release from the hospital and looks forward to returning to work, Carle said.Leahy had commenced his role of overseeing Trump's latest impeachment trial by swearing in his fellow lawmakers.