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Then-Rep. Tammy Duckworth after receiving the endorsement of U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin on March 12, 2016, in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago.

Gorsuch confirmed to Supreme Court without support of Illinois’ senators

August 21, 2019 at 10:53 p.m.

As expected, Democratic U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth of Illinois voted against confirming Judge Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court on Friday, but he will the take the...

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Durbin, Duckworth back filibuster on Gorsuch

August 21, 2019 at 10:52 p.m.

U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth of Illinois joined most of their Democratic colleagues on Thursday in voting to filibuster the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson.

Latest Sessions move leaves future of Chicago police reform in question

May 31, 2019 at 2:49 a.m.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' order to review federal court agreements that bind city police departments to reforms creates further uncertainty about whether Chicago will see such a decree under...

U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, left, Cecilia Garcia, Breanna Rossi, 10, and Mahalea Velasco, 10, in Washington on Tuesday to protest immigration and deportation policies of the Trump administration.

Children take to Capitol Hill to protest deportation of parents

May 15, 2019 at 4:13 p.m.

More than a dozen children from the Chicago area, all U.S. citizens, came to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to protest because they have a parent who has been deported or...

Senate Judiciary Committee members Sen. DickDurbin, D-Ill., left, and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 3, 2017, as the committee met to advance the nomination of President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch.

Durbin criticizes Gorsuch before voting ‘No’ in Senate committee

August 21, 2019 at 10:50 p.m.

Sen. Dick Durbin joined fellow Democrats in opposing Judge Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court on Monday during a vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The panel approved the nomination...

Spicer ties Chicago’s sanctuary city status to city’s gang, violence problem

May 15, 2019 at 4:13 p.m.

A White House spokesman on Friday renewed the administration's warning that sanctuary cities such as Chicago could lose millions of dollars in federal law-enforcement grants, saying many people who are...

Illinois congressmen follow party line on measure to force release of Trump tax returns

May 15, 2019 at 4:12 p.m.

Two U.S. House members from Illinois split along party lines Tuesday in a committee vote on a measure to force the release of several years of President Donald Trump's tax...

Trump in meeting with Chicago FOP boss: ‘What’s going on in Chicago?’

August 18, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

President Donald Trump continued to spotlight violence in Chicago during a meeting Tuesday with police union officials including Dean Angelo Sr., the president of the union for Chicago's rank-and-file officers....

Chicago Police union president meets with Trump, Sessions on Tuesday morning

May 15, 2019 at 4:12 p.m.

President Donald Trump, who often has hammered Chicago for its violence, is meeting Tuesday with police union officials including Dean Angelo Sr., the president of the union for Chicago's rank-and-file...

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., listens to questions at a news conference where House Democratic leaders responded to Republican efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act at the U.S. Capitol on March 24, 2017, in Washington.

Illinois rep: Republicans must ‘figure out a different way forward’ on health care

May 15, 2019 at 4:12 p.m.

After the stunning collapse Friday of the Republican health care overhaul, members of Illinois' GOP delegation said they intend to continue efforts to replace a system they described as broken,...

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