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

“There comes a point where you have to face reality that this is the time to leave for me,” the Illinois senator, 80, told ...

Senator Richard J. Durbin’s departure will set off a primary for a rare open Senate seat in Illinois and open a top ...

Matthew Podolsky took over for Danielle Sassoon, who resigned in protest of the Justice Department's order to drop corruption ...

Federal law allows interim prosecutors to continue in their role indefinitely with a simple vote by judges in the attorney’s ...

Chuck Schumer warns New York could get more financial blowback than other states. After the rollercoaster ... The White House has criticized the Senate minority leader's take and pointed to ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — State Senate Democrats advanced 10 environmental bills on Earth Day. Each still needs Assembly approval and Gov. Kathy Hochul’s signature to become law.

A Texas lawmaker is pushing for a rare resolution in the Senate that would have the Department of Agriculture rename the New ...

The bill, which has yet to pass in the State Assembly, would also amend the current veterans’ services law to direct the ...

Senator Chris Van Hollen said on Thursday night that he had met in San Salvador with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man whose wrongful deportation to El Salvador last month has become a ...