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Dick Durbin torches Supreme Court for taking up Trump's immunity case: 'A disappointment'
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin laid into the Supreme Court for taking up former President Donald Trump's immunity case, accusing it of doing his bidding.
Republicans go off on Dick Durbin over Senate Judiciary shenanigans: 'You want us to shut up?'
Sparks flew during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday after Chairman Dick Durbin scuttled a third debate on two of the president's judicial nominees.
Second-highest-ranking Democratic senator, Dick Durbin, calls for Israel-Hamas war cease-fire
Durbin (D-Ill.), the second-highest ranking member of the Senate, noted that his support for a ceasefire is contingent on the “immediate release” of hostages being held by Hamas in the...
No. 2 Senate Democrat stops short of demanding Menendez resign
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the No. 2 Senate Democrat refrained from urging his Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) to step down amid the three-count indictment.
No. 2 Senate Democrat breaks with Chuck Schumer on Fetterman dress code change: 'Need to have standards'
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the No. 2 Senate Democrat, blasted the recent dress code easing for Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.)
Crack dealer whose life sentence was commuted by Obama is charged with attempted murder
A former crack cocaine dealer -- who was granted clemency from the Obama administration -- allegedly opened fire on an Illinois highway.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein gets ovation on return to Judiciary Committee
Sen. Dianne Feinstein was welcomed back to the chamber's Judiciary Committee with applause a day after she returned to Capitol Hill while “still experiencing some side effects” from shingles.
Dianne Feinstein returns to Senate — still has shingles ‘side effects’
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) returned to Capitol Hill on Wednesday after an absence of more than two months due to a case of shingles, vowing to soldier on despite admitting...
CNN’s Jake Tapper pushes Senate Judiciary chair on whether Feinstein should resign
CNN anchor Jake Tapper pressed Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Sunday to say whether Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) should resign from office.
Senate judicial appointments trundle on — without Dianne Feinstein
Sen. Dianne Feinstein's critical vote has been missing from the chamber for weeks as she recovers from Shingles.
Democratic senator promises Hunter Biden 'cover-up' claim will be taken 'seriously'
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin vowed Thursday to take "seriously" an IRS whistleblower's claim of a coverup in the long-running criminal investigation of first son Hunter Biden.
Top Illinois Dem backs moderate Paul Vallas for Chicago mayor
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin has endorsed former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas to be the Windy City's next mayor, as a poll shows the race tightening ahead of...
AG Merrick Garland claims fentanyl 'unleashed on purpose' in US by cartels
Attorney General Merrick Garland told senators Wednesday that the fentanyl epidemic ravaging the US has been "unleashed on purpose" by Mexican drug cartels.
Dem lawmakers insist SCOTUS probe 'leaked' Hobby Lobby ruling
Democratic lawmakers are demanding an investigation into "serious allegations" that the outcome of a 2014 major Supreme Case involving contraceptives and religious rights was possibly leaked in advance.
Illinois Dems resume gun control calls after Highland Park parade shooting
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) called for more restrictions on purchasing assault weapons 10 days after President Biden signed bipartisan gun legislation into law.
Senate Dem hopes migrant truck deaths an 'Uvalde moment' for immigration reform
The second-ranking Senate Democrat has said that he hopes the deaths of 53 migrants in a botched human smuggling attempt this week galvanizes lawmakers toward a compromise on immigration reform.
Sen. Dick Durbin blasts Pelosi Communion denial – 18 years after own ban
Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin defended House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and blasted the San Francisco Archdiocese for banning her from receiving communion.
The ironic twists to Democrat claims that the GOP backs 'replacement theory'
In yet another bid to pin a horrific mass shooting on the opposition, Democrats and their media allies now claim “replacement theory” is a core value of the modern GOP.
Cruz spars with Durbin, tells him to bang gavel 'loud as you want'
Sen. Ted Cruz and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin traded verbal blows during the confirmation hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Durbin won't let GOP see key reports on Jackson child porn cases, calls it 'bridge too far'
Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) refused Wednesday to make public pre-sentencing reports in a handful of child pornography cases in which Republicans claim Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson...