JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM Sen. Brandon Elefante, right, speaks with Sen. Chris Lee during a joint session at the state Capitol on Friday. 1 /3 JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM ...

Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) are viewed by Senate insiders as the three lawmakers competing to succeed ...

Kilauea volcano's Episode 18 eruption occurred early Tuesday, April 22, around 3:00 a.m., with lava fountains erupting from ...

San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus is facing removal after a cascade of allegations — some scandalous, some concerning ...

The Illinois Democrat has announced he will retire at the end of his term next year after nearly three decades in the Senate.

The 80-year-old added that “a strong Democratic bench” would be “ready to serve” in his place — without naming any immediate ...

The veteran senator's departure will set off a mad scramble both for his Senate seat and for younger colleagues eager to move ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Murder charges were filed Sunday against a suspect in a weekend car ramming attack that killed 11 people between the ages of 5 and 65 at a Filipino heritage festival ...

Hours after swearing an oath to defend the U.S. Constitution on January 20, President Donald Trump signed an executive order ...

Plus: A busy week for the Trump administration on education. | A judge partly blocks a Trump order seeking to overhaul U.S. elections.

Durbin, the longtime second-ranking Democrat in the Senate, was elected to serve in the U.S. Senate in 1996 after spending 14 ...

Political analyst Daniel Cronrath joins News4JAX anchor Bruce Hamilton on this week’s episode of Politics & Power to look at ...