Senate Health and Welfare voted 6-3 to advance the bill to the house floor, with one caveat: locals would have the option to vote to keep community fluoridation in their area.

The new bill they discussed for the first time on Wednesday would require that a person receive a hearing before any formal ...

Everyone, from Congress, which convened a special commission on the urgent need for change, Pentagon officials, who have ...

Dick Durbin, 80, who has served as a senator from Illinois since 1997, has been a hard-nosed Democrat partisan fighter.

DES MOINES — A lobbyist group was issued an official reprimand by the Iowa House Ethics Committee on Wednesday after a state ...

Durbin is the fourth Senate Democrat to announce retirement plans ahead of next year’s midterm elections, along with Gary ...

Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois said Wednesday he will not seek reelection in 2026, ending his more than four-decade career ...

Democratic U.S. Senator Dick Durbin will not seek reelection next year, he said on Wednesday, setting the stage for a ...

A leading Senate Democrat is seeking records to determine if Rodney Scott, Trump’s nominee to lead U.S. Customs and Border ...

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis is the latest judge at odds with the Trump administration. In a scathing rebuke, she ...

Ukraine's leader ruled out the idea of ceding territory to Russia in any deal before talks set for Wednesday in London among ...

Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, announced he would not run for another term, making him the fourth ...