A federal judge freed Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian student leader at Columbia University, on Wednesday.

Longtime Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat in the U.S. Senate, announced last Wednesday he will retire after his ...

Faced with dreadful ratings at cable news outlets sympathetic to them, Democratic lawmakers are showing up in a place that's ...

Alder Brian Hopkins has been trying to ban teens from the Loop for a year—and it seems he might finally have the votes to do it.

U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth and Gov. JB Pritzker have endorsed Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton in the 2026 Democratic primary for Illinois' open seat to replace longtime Sen. Dick Durbin.

Illinois Democrat Sen. Tammy Duckworth said in Trump’s first 100 days he made Americans weaker, sicker and less secure.

Illinois veterans and Veterans Affairs staff protest job cuts, warning the layoffs will worsen care, increase wait times, and ...

PEORIA ( 25News Now) - U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Dunlap) is giving President Donald Trump high marks for his performance ...

A lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to “dismantle” Head Start programs in Illinois and across the country has been filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of Head ...

Donald Trump’s choice for U.S. ambassador to China was confirmed Tuesday with the help of 16 Democratic votes in the Senate.

WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today reintroduced the ...

Juliana Stratton received nods from both JB and Senator Duckworth, but the lieutenant governorship offers few opportunities ...