Responding to a challenge from federal legislators, Amtrak and its partners have applied for four grants which would enable more than $500 million in improvements as part of the program to upgrade ...

Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois appeared pleased when informed by a CNN reporter Wednesday that Congress is looking to ...

Senator Dick Durbin mocked CNN after Manu Raju, the network's anchor and chief congressional correspondent, pressed him on ...

Committee Chair Illinois U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Springfield, said while sports leagues once opposed sports betting, leagues ...

Members of Congress from Illinois seeking pardons, including for former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., Chinese trade policies ...

President-elect Donald Trump was formally elected as electors from all 50 states, and Washington, D.C., submitted official ...

Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul called for a constitutional amendment Tuesday to abolish the Electoral College and said ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. returned to the Hill Tuesday to make his case to Republican senators for leadership of the Dept. of ...

Democratic Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin complained that the measure would strip vital health care away from an estimated ...

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. makes the rounds on Capitol Hill, talking this week with Republican senators about his contentious ...

Connecticut Democrat Senator Richard Blumenthal and North Carolina Republican Senator Thom Tillis agree that legislation is ...

Card issuers Visa and Mastercards are being accused of holding a dominant position in the bank and credit card market and ...