It’s time once again to dive in to another round of quick takes on the people, places and events that were being talked about over the past week: ...

What happened was nine Democrats stabbed the rest of their party in the back, the latest instance of backstabbing that is ...

The spending measure, which passed the House earlier in the week, was presented to the Senate as a take-it-or-leave-it ...

Ill., joined nine other Democratic senators in voting to allow the measure to proceed for a final vote on Friday. Sen. Tammy ...

WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today met with Illinois leaders with the National League of Cities ...

One person Blair has reached his limit with is Durbin, who at 80 years of age is weighing whether to run for a sixth term as ...