President Donald Trump signed an executive order to shut down the U.S. Department of Education Thursday afternoon, and ...

Illinois lawmakers are pushing back after President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to begin dismantling the U.S. Department of Education.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin on Thursday defended his vote to advance a GOP-backed government funding bill that left Democrats ...

Hospitals in Central and Southern Illinois are warning of dire consequences if federal attempts to cut Medicaid go through.

WASHINGTON, D.C. As the Trump administration and Elon Musk attack public education in America by closing offices and laying off 1,300 workers at the Department ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker criticized top Democrats on Capitol Hill for helping Republicans avert a government shutdown, while ...

U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin’s office says he joined other senators in pushing back on U.S. Department of Housing ...

In today’s edition … Analysis shows Republican tax cuts and benefit reductions will cause loss of income for poorest ...

SPRINGFIELD U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA), members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, along with ...

“Over the weekend, President Trump invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport noncitizens without due process. This attempt to use an archaic wartime law—not used since World War II—for immigration ...

It’s time once again to dive in to another round of quick takes on the people, places and events that were being talked about ...

Ill., joined nine other Democratic senators in voting to allow the measure to proceed for a final vote on Friday. Sen. Tammy ...