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.

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

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

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

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 ...

Since 1998, Sen. Dick Durbin has represented Illinois in the U.S. Senate. He has been a good public servant, but he is no longer in touch with the views of his voters. This was proved by him ...

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

“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 ...

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

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 ...

Failure is not an option. To have 10 Democratic senators, including Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin of Illinois, vote for the stopgap spending bill is shameful and disgusting.