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Illinois senator, 80, plans to leave office in 2027 at end of term, so voters will elect his replacement in midtermsUS politics live – latest updatesDick Durbin, the second-highest ranking Democrat in the US Senate, announced he will not seek re-electi…
Delegation visits jails where Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk are being held and denounce ‘authoritarian’ TrumpCongressional lawmakers denounced the treatment of Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk, the students being detained by US immigration authori…
Chris Van Hollen posts photo on X but does not provide update on status of man wrongly deported from USThe Maryland senator Chris Van Hollen met in El Salvador with Kilmar Ábrego García, a man who was sent there by the Trump administration in March des…
Chris Van Hollen warns of ‘constitutional crisis’ and says he hopes to report back to family on Maryland man’s conditionDemocratic senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland will travel to El Salvador on Wednesday and attempt to visit Kilmar Ábrego García, a…
The Republican, 91, was confronted by attendees angered over mass deportations and executive overreachUS politics live – latest updatesThe Republican senator Chuck Grassley struggled to control a town hall meeting on Tuesday as constituents erupted in …
Billionaire Jared Isaacman has funded his own journeys into space and insists he would not abandon moon missionsThe next Nasa leader will prioritize sending American astronauts to Mars if he is confirmed, a Senate panel heard on Wednesday.But the billi…
Exclusive: Democrat Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire seeks to set limits on special government employees in response to Musk’s White House roleA Democratic senator has introduced a bill that would prohibit awarding government contracts and grants to com…
Texas senator’s comments another sign of Republican unease over ‘reciprocal tariffs’ and stock market plungeTed Cruz, the US senator from Texas, has warned that his fellow Republicans risk a “bloodbath” in the 2026 midterm elections if Donald Trump’s “…
Protesters gather at more than a thousand events across the US and in cities abroad, such as London, Berlin and Paris. This blog is now closed.Hundreds of protesters gathered in central London on Saturday as part of global demonstrations against Donald…
Vote fell mostly along party lines and now goes to the House, where it could be voted on as soon as next weekSenate Republicans plugged away overnight and into early Saturday morning to approve their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts fr…