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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with sheriffs at the White House on Febb. 7, 2017 in Washington.

Trump again calls out Chicago on violence and repeats debunked murder rate claim

May 22, 2019 at 11:03 p.m.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday again singled out violence in Chicago, this time during a White House meeting with sheriffs where he repeated a debunked claim that the U.S. murder...

In this Jan. 17, 2017 file photo, Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.

Durbin, Duckworth say they’ll vote no on education nominee

May 22, 2019 at 11:03 p.m.

With a close vote expected Tuesday, Democratic Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth of Illinois plan to oppose the nomination of Michigan billionaire Betsy DeVos for U.S. education secretary. DeVos...

U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., speaks at Walk On Farm in Barrington on March 11, 2015.

Roskam among Republicans on tightrope with constituents over Trump

May 15, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

Rep. Peter Roskam, of Wheaton, a six-term incumbent with a high profile and fundraising muscle in a reliably Republican district, would not be the target of the House Democrats' campaign...

Violence in Chicago still stubbornly high; Trump reacts again

June 21, 2020 at 10:17 a.m.

Violence in Chicago remains stubbornly high as the city recorded about the same number of homicides and shootings in January as the year-earlier period, according to statistics released Wednesday by...

U.S. Rep.Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., speaks with media after a newsconference in November 2016.

Rep. Gutierrez attacks Trump’s immigration order

June 6, 2018 at 3:15 a.m.

In remarks from the House floor on Tuesday, Democratic U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez of Chicago assailed President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration and refugees. "Now the entire world knows...

Sen. Durbin calls Trump attorney general nominee Sessions ‘wrong person for job’

May 22, 2019 at 11:01 p.m.

Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois said Tuesday he will oppose President Donald Trump's nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., for U.S. attorney general. During a meeting of the Senate...

Illinois Democrats in Congress lash out at Trump’s immigration order

June 6, 2018 at 3:40 a.m.

Chicago-area Democrats in Congress lashed out Monday at what party leaders called President Donald Trump's "hateful" executive order on immigration, and several joined an evening protest outside the Supreme Court....

Demonstrators hold a banner on the "Chain Bridge" at the Women's March in Budapest, Hungary, on Jan. 21, 2017.

Illinoisans march in Washington: Their stories

May 22, 2019 at 10:59 p.m.

baiduhai reporters in the nation's capital are collecting the stories of Illinois residents who made the trek to the Women's March on Washington. Grace Browning, Park Ridge Grace Browning,...

Illinois backers of Trump have their day in Washington

May 22, 2019 at 10:59 p.m.

Raymond Elliott said he was a rare Republican among his colleagues when he used to visit Washington to lobby on behalf of the National Association of Postal Service Supervisors. But...

The White House on the last night of the Obama presidency on Jan. 19, 2017.

Illinois preps for diminished D.C. stature as Trump replaces Obama

May 15, 2019 at 4:06 p.m.

Eight portraits lined the entrance to the lower level of the hotel lobby where the Illinois State Society put on its inaugural celebration Thursday evening. None of them depicted the...

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