Before being elected to the U.S. Senate, Durbin served seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives — winning his first ...

High flyer: Brian Bulger, almost 4, takes his kite to the sky in Raymond Park. That’s his neighborhood buddy Leon Becker, 5, ...

The history department hosted Rick Perlstein, a historian and journalist from Chicago, for the sixteenth annual Shriber ...

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

Senate Democratic Whip Richard J. Durbin of Illinois announced Wednesday that he would not seek reelection next year, opening up a safely blue seat that’s likely to spark a competitive ...

The retiring Sen. Richard J. Durbin has been a mainstay on the Judiciary Committee, where the Illinois Democrat became a leading voice on immigration and criminal justice issues and ushered ...

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said he’s backing his colleague Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) in his bid to become the next ...

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois says he won’t seek reelection to a sixth term in 2026 and knows “it’s time to pass the ...

Barack Obama says he wouldn't have been a U.S. senator or president without the support of Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, who has ...

WASHINGTON — Senate Democratic Whip Richard J. Durbin of Illinois announced Wednesday that he would not seek reelection next year, opening up a safely blue seat that’s likely to spark a ...