Patrick Leahy

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, was discharged Friday from a Washington hospital to which he was admitted a day earlier “as a precaution.” his office said. According to David Carle, Leahy’s communication director and press secretary, the 82-year-old lawmaker was taken for tests after reporting that he was not feeling well. He remained in the hospital overnight for observation, but...

Vermont’s retiring U.S. senator has announced a series of events where he will discuss his new book about his nearly 50 years in Washington. Democrat Patrick Leahy recently released his memoirs, titled “The Road Taken.” In the book, Leahy traces many of the changes he has witnessed since arriving to the Senate shortly after the resignation of Richard Nixon....

The nation’s oldest private military college unveiled a new name Tuesday for its center of cybersecurity learning, honoring the nation’s longest-serving current U.S. senator. Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont, announced the naming of the Senator Patrick Leahy School of Cybersecurity and Advanced Computing. “I thank you for this great honor,” beamed Leahy, who attended the ceremony virtually from home...

The nation’s longest-standing current U.S. senator was honored Tuesday at Norwich University, which is naming cybersecurity school after him.

The leader of Vermont’s state Senate, Becca Balint, won the Democratic Party primary on Tuesday for Vermont’s lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, meaning she could become the first woman and the first openly gay person to represent the state in Congress. In deep-blue Vermont, it’s likely the Democratic candidate will also clinch the general election in November....

Lt. Gov. Molly Gray and Senate President Pro Tempore Becca Balint are the leading candidates in a Democratic U.S. House primary that could make either of them the first female member of Vermont’s congressional delegation. Gray has the backing of the centrist lane of the party, with endorsements from former Govs. Madeline Kunin and Howard Dean. Retiring U.S. Sen. Patrick...

U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont has broken a hip in a fall at his home and was to undergo surgery to repair it, his office said Thursday. The 82-year-old Democrat fell Wednesday night in McLean, Virginia, the statement said. Doctors determined the best course of action would be to have surgery to repair the hip as soon as possible. Leahy...

The nation’s longest-serving current U.S. senator received a series of standing ovations Wednesday, in a tri-partisan show of gratitude for his nearly half-century in Washington serving Vermonters. Democrats, Republicans, and Progressives from the Vermont Legislature, along with the governor and lieutenant governor, said thank you to Sen. Patrick Leahy in a special ceremony at the Vermont State House. The...