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Dick Durbin

Arcs in the news about Dick Durbin from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Person · 41 stories · 131 articles · earliest story we hold Nov 20, 2023

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Nothing ongoing. The last arc went quiet Mar 18.

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The 2026 Illinois Senate race to succeed Dick Durbin

3 of 4 stories this year · gone quiet

Dick Durbin of Illinois, the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat, won’t seek reelection to a sixth term in 2026 · 39 articles, Apr 23Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton launches U.S. Senate campaign to replace Durbin · 5 articles, Apr 24Krishnamoorthi joins Illinois Senate race · 6 articles, May 7

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Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else7 stories in 2025 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories that name Dick Durbin

  1. Nov 10– 11Senate votes to end government shutdown, sending funding bill to the House80 articles · 43 independent sources
    4 left, 17 center, 6 right
  2. Jul 18– 24Bondi facing Democratic calls to testify following report she told Trump he was in Epstein files25 articles · 20 independent sources
    6 left, 7 center, 3 right
  3. Feb 19– 21Trump Loyalist Kash Patel Is Confirmed as FBI Director by the Senate Despite Deep Democratic Doubts96 articles · 63 independent sources
    14 left, 17 center, 11 right
  4. Feb 11– 13Senate panel advances nomination of Kash Patel, Trump’s pick to lead the FBI24 articles · 21 independent sources
    3 left, 6 center, 5 right
  5. Jan 15Bondi says she accepts results of the 2020 election at her confirmation hearing for attorney general7 articles · 6 independent sources
    2 left, 4 center, 1 right
  6. Jan 15Watch Live: Marco Rubio faces senators at confirmation hearing for secretary of state today12 articles · 9 independent sources
    4 left, 3 center, 2 right

Local coverage

  1. Oct 1Pope intervenes in US abortion debate by raising what it really means to be pro-life18 articles · 9 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 0 right
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