Illinois Senator Dick Durbin questions Brett Kavanaugh

Red state Democratic Senators Doug Jones of Alabama, who is up for reelection this year, and Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh in ... U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy ...

It was the dinner hour on Sept. 18 when our phones blew up, pinging with cascading bulletins from distant children and extended family: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had just died.

For the first time in U.S. history, the Senate moved a nominee for the nation’s highest court toward certain confirmation just eight days before a presidential election. Republicans made the move in a ...

Republicans made the move in a rare weekend session without the support of a single Democrat. "We've made an important contribution to the future of this country," said a beaming Senate Majority ...

MJ Hegar, left and Mark Kelly, right U.S. Senate races worth careful attention as November nears Lisa Keen | Keen News Service [email protected] Control of the U.S. Senate is almost as important to ...

One of the most high-profile races on the ballot in Illinois is the U.S. Congressional Senate seat, between Democratic incumbent Dick Durbin and Republican party nominee Mark Curran.

Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse used his 30 minutes of allotted time during Tuesday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing not to ask questions of President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy ...

Senate Democrats boycotted the vote to advance Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination for a lifetime seat on the Supreme Court to the full Senate on Thursday, saying they will not give the process ...

The Senate’s tug-of-war over judges has frayed relationships and Thursday’s committee vote on Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett could sever the rope.

The day after the story’s publication, Twitter began letting users post links to the report, and Dorsey apologized, promising that in his broader efforts to curtail misinformation on the platform, ...

The Senate's confirmation vote on federal Judge Amy Coney Barrett's elevation to the Supreme Court is expected to take place on Monday.

Control of the U.S. Senate is almost as important to LGBTQ people this year as who wins the White House. Under Republican control, the Senate has ignored bills to make schools safer for LGBTQ students ...