The so-called "Biden effect" appears to be a factor in congressional longevity after Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill.

Durbin is the latest in a line of 65+ year-old Democrats to opt out of another Senate bid. Michigan Sen. Gary Peters, 66,; ...

Fresh from space, NASA's oldest full-time astronaut said Monday that weightlessness made him feel decades younger, with ...

State Senate President Karen Spilka issued a dramatic ... It is no coincidence. It is the oldest story in the world: the story of a would-be king.” Ross Cristantiello, a general assignment ...

Grassley, the current Judiciary Committee chairman and oldest member of Congress at 91, is serving his final two-year stint at the helm of the panel under Senate Republican rules term-limiting ...

Pettit even got to celebrate his birthday twice. Due to the time zone difference, it was still April 20 when Pettit flew back ...

Age limits on members of Congress could attract support from both Republicans and Democrats, Nathan L. Gonzales writes.

Congress is likely to hold a meeting of its working committee on Friday on the issue of caste census. In a surprising ...

Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village has unveiled the new Robert Barensfeld Center, which will serve visitors at the ...

Bernie Sanders (I-VT), 83, announced last May that he would run again, while the oldest senator is Chuck Grassley (R-IA), age 91. Durbin has nonetheless acknowledged that he is mindful of his ...