Durbin's decision was a tacit acknowledgment that, at the age of 80, it's time to step away from the day-to-day grind of ...

In response to the announcement by U.S. Senator Dick Durbin that he will not seek re-election in 2026 and will retire after more than four decades in Congress, Harold Wimmer, President and CEO of the ...

Plus, a rare Senate seat opens up in Illinois and a very exciting (and bittersweet) announcement in this week’s 3-Minute Read ...

Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton has announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate, with a focus on protecting the ...

Trump’s pick for top D.C. federal prosecutor said he didn’t know about the man‘s anti-semitic statements. But they had ...

“It is a tremendous honor to be selected to lead this bipartisan delegation of United States Senators to Rome to attend the funeral of Pope Francis and pay our respects to his life and legacy,” ...

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said he’s backing his colleague Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) in his bid to become the next ...

The decision by Durbin, the Judiciary Committee's top Democrat, to retire opens the door for a more liberal replacement like ...

As President Trump’s polling takes a tumble 100 days into his second term — and Dick Durbin, the Senate’s second-ranking ...

The late Pope Francis came to Washington, D.C., to speak to a Joint Meeting of Congress on Sept. 24, 2015. He wasn’t the ...

President Donald Trump will reach the 100-day mark of his second term on Tuesday. His first few months in office have been ...

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