On health care, Schatz supports Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on the latter’s single-payer health care proposal. He has also proposed a plan to expand Medicaid to let every American buy into the federal ...

A 48-hour period in 2011 may go down as the era's defining political moment, setting in motion events that are still ...

While the Illinois Senate seat is likely to stay in Democratic hands given the state's leftward tilt, Durbin is the fourth Senate Democrat to announce he would not be running for re-election in 2026.

Former first lady Michelle Obama told actor Taraji P. Henson on her podcast, "IMO," about her choice to skip President ...

Michelle Obama shuts down divorce rumors, saying she's simply making choices for herself, not splitting from Barack.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois said Wednesday that he will not seek reelection in 2026, ending ...

Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois won’t run for reelection next year, opening up the No. 2 slot in Senate Democratic leadership ...

The former first lady opened up about facing "ridicule" for not accompanying former President Barack Obama to the inauguration and how she had to "trick" herself out of it.

Former President Barack Obama has kept busy since he left office. From impromptu family vacations to court-mandated jury duty, the 63-year-old has led a pretty ordinary life in the years following his ...

According to sources, Barack and Michelle Obama are also urging their daughters, Malia and Sasha, to take sides in the ...

The Hawaii Longline Association called commercial fishing in the vast and deep waters around the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument “sustainable and highly monitored ” a day after ...

President Donald Trump issued an executive order Thursday overturning an Obama-era ban on commercial fishing in the nearly ...