Sen. Dick Durbin, Senate’s number 2 Democrat, to retire in 2026
1 of 3 | Sen. Dick Durbin D-Ill., was a U.S. House member from Illinois from 1983 until his 1996 Senate election to succeed Democratic…
Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet running for governor
1 of 3 | Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., could become the fourth Democratic Senator to leave office next year after announcing Friday he will run…
Senate averts government shutdown by passing federal funding ahead of midnight deadline
1 of 6 | Senate Democrat leader Chuck Schumer of New York leaves the U.S. Capitol after the Senate approved a House-passed spending bill on…
Government shutdown looms: Schumer to vote in favor of CR bill, other Dems to vote ‘no’
1 of 3 | Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., at a press conference Wednesday. Schumer said Thursday he will vote for the CR to…
Tim Walz says he will not run for U.S. Senate seat in Minnesota
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks to the crowd after being introduced by Vice President Kamala Harris at Temple University in Philadelphia on August 6, 2024.…
Minnesota Democratic Sen. Tina Smith announces her pending retirement
1 of 3 | Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., exits a vote at the Capitol on Thursday after announcing she will not seek re-election in 2026.…
U.S. senators seek federal antitrust investigation of generative AI providers
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. (pictured 2023), who chairs the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer rights, said in a letter to DOJ…
DEA to ease restrictions on marijuana, reclassify it as low-risk substance, sources say
1 of 5 | A worker pushes a row of cannabis plants in a grow room at the Beleaf Medical Growing Facility in Earth City,…