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Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, the influential Democrat who broke racial barriers on Capitol Hill and played key roles in congressional investigations of the Watergate and Iran-Contra scandals, died Monday. He was 88.Inouye, a senator since January 1963, was currently the longest serving senator and was president pro tempore of the Senate, third in the line presidential succession. His office said Monday that he died of respiratory complications at a Washington-area hospital.Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Inouye's death on the Senate floor.Inouye was a World War II hero and Medal of Honor winner who lost an arm to a German hand grenade during a battle in Italy. He became the first Japanese-American to serve in Congress, when he was elected to the House in 1959, the year Hawaii became a state. He won election to the Senate three years later and served there longer than anyone in American history except Robert Byrd of West Virginia, who died in 2010 after 51 years in the Sena...
U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz introduced a bill Wednesday that seeks to expand Hawaii's national parks while preserving the state's special places and bringing in more tour...
With reverential words and warm memories, President Barack Obama on Friday led the admirers paying tribute to the late Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, a war hero and s...
Democrats controlling the Senate are moving to give the Obama administration more flexibility in administering automatic spending cuts ordered last week as the chamb...
Hawaii Democrats on Wednesday were meeting to pick three names to forward to Gov. Neil Abercrombie as he considers an appointee to replace the late U.S. Sen. Daniel ...
The Congressional Gold Medal awarded last year to Japanese-Americans who served in World War II is going on a national tour.An exhibition featuring the medal will op...
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about Thursday:1. A FORMER PRESIDENT IS AILINGGeorge H.W. Bush is in intensive...
Sen. Pat Leahy, D-VT, has been sworn in as president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate.As the longest-serving Democrat now in the Senate, Leahy moves to third place in ...
The late U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye is being praised as a humble leader who embodied honor, dignity and duty during a public visitation at Hawaii's state Capitol.Hawaii...
Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski is set to become the first woman to chair the prestigious Senate Appropriations Committee, a position left open this week by the death...
Admirers will bid farewell to Democratic Sen. Daniel Inouye at a memorial service before a final trip home to his native Hawaii.President Barack Obama and Vice Presi...
Senate Democrats have turned back a Republican effort to force defense contractors to send out notices of possible job layoffs four days before the election.The Appr...
A spokesman for Sen. Daniel Inouye (ih-NOH'-way) says the Hawaii Democrat is stable but there is "no timetable" for his release from a Washington-area hospital.The 8...
Democratic lawmaker dies at 88
Daniel K. Inouye, a Medal of Honor recipient from his service during World War II and, as Hawaii's senior senator, the longest-serving member of that body, died Mond...
The death of U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii leaves open a seat in the Senate to be filled by a Democrat, with U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa the immediate front-runne...
Brian Schatz symbolized a generational change in Hawaii's Senate delegation, taking the hand of his new colleague, 88-year-old Sen. Daniel Akaka, moments before bein...
The late Sen. Daniel Inouye was remembered Sunday as an American hero whose legacy as a war veteran and longtime senator would be felt across Hawaii for years to com...
Sen. Daniel Inouye, the second-longest serving senator in U.S. history, was remembered Thursday as a man who gallantly defended his country on the battlefield and gr...
Paul Kiel of Propublica on a small Hawaii bank's receiving $135 million dollars after Sen . Daniel Inouye made a phone call to the Treasury.
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