Former President Obama lavished praise on Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Wednesday, after the No. 2 Senate Democrat announced he will not seek reelection next year. Obama, in a post online, gave Durbin ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SPRINGFIELD — The Obama Presidential Center in Chicago plans to proudly include artifacts from throughout the former president’s ...

(AP) The Senate began an around-the-clock talkathon Wednesday over some of President Barack Obama’s nominees as embittered and outnumbered Republicans refused to let the Senate take a break given new, ...

South Carolina Republican U.S. Senator Tim Scott publicly backed his Republican colleague Susan Collins in her bid to retain ...

New deal could allow Roland Burris to take the Illinois Senate seat. WASHINGTON, Jan. 7, 2009— -- In politics, never say never. Conversations among Senate Democrats today could lead to a deal to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate leaders said Tuesday that Democrats have enough votes to block action on President Barack Obama’s trade initiatives unless the parties can work out disagreements on how to ...

Long before the crowds and cameras followed Sen. Barack Obama, a handful of Democratic senators took a chance and backed him for president. Now, as the first-term senator from Illinois prepares to ...