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Republicans are targeting 25 "vulnerable" House Democrats with a digital ad blitz offering to buy them plane tickets to El ...

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the No. 2 Senate Democrat, announced Wednesday he will not seek reelection, capping off a decades-long Senate career. “The decision of whether to run for reelection ...

He won his Senate seat in 1996 after his mentor and friend Paul Simon retired and endorsed Mr. Durbin to succeed him, a significant boost for an Illinois politician from outside the Chicago area ...

Dick Durbin said that he has spoken to more than a dozen people who are exploring runs for his Senate seat. Jim Vondruska/For Sun-Times Share The gloves are off in one of the most competitive ...

And in the Senate, the race to replace Durbin will set off a leadership scramble that won’t be formalized until after next year’s midterms and through a secret ballot of Democratic senators.

(WJAR) — A powerful figure in Rhode Island politics has died. Senate President Dominick Ruggerio passed away early Monday morning at the age of 76, after he went back into the hospital last week ...

Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois said Wednesday that he won’t run for reelection next year, opening up the No. 2 slot in Senate Democratic leadership for the first time in two decades. Durbin ...

Days after a mass shooting at nearby Florida State University, the state Senate appears poised to scuttle a controversial proposal that would allow people under age 21 to buy rifles and other long ...

Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) called on the Senate to refocus on getting bills signed into law to help the American people, rather than simply posting about them on social media. In an interview ...

Democrats have been riding an enthusiasm high, fueled by backlash to the chaotic start to the second Trump administration.