Congress

Sen. Daniel Inouye, a decorated war veteran who served a half century in the Senate, has died of respiratory complications at a Washington-area hospital. He was 88.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Inouye's death on the Senate floor Monday evening.

Inouye, a Medal of Honor winner during World War II who joined the Senate in January 1963, was the current longest serving senator and was president pro tempore of the Senate, third in the line presidential succession.