State Sen. Laura Murphy, a Democrat from Des Plaines, will serve as assistant majority leader of the Illinois Senate for the ...

Connecticut Democrat Senator Chris Murphy has made a whopper of an allegation that has wound up seriously backfiring. Attacking the leaders of his own Democrat Party — not to mention himself.

Sen. Chris Murphy (D. Conn.) walks on stage to speak during the Democratic National Convention. (J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press) Sen. Chris Murphy (D., Conn.) – one of the lead negotiators ...