Katie Britt is a Republican U.S. Senator for Alabama and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee. The views and opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author and do not ...

Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Senate Democrat for two decades and a leading liberal voice on Capitol Hill, announced on Wednesday that he would not seek re-election next year ...

Vice President Vance on Wednesday reflected on his meeting with Pope Francis, which came just hours before the pontiff died earlier this week. “I thought a lot about that. It’s pretty ...

Durbin, 80, who had previously said he was undecided on whether he would run for a sixth term in the Senate but Democrats privately speculated for months that he would step aside. His retirement ...

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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 ...

Elissa Slotkin implied that her “war plan” to counter President Donald Trump and retake political control in Washington D.C. is not enough to retake control of the Senate — at least in 2026.

Two Rhode Island state Senators make their partnership official in a bid to take leadership of the chamber following the death of Senate President Dominick Ruggerio Monday. The current number two ...

bringing an end to what will mark 30 years in the Senate. Durbin was first elected in 1996 and has won reelection four times since. He previously spent 14 years in the U.S. House of Representatives.