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Illinois U.S. senators Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin, seen here in 2016, have set up a screening committee of legal experts to vet the top candidate for the next U.S. attorney in Chicago.

Search for U.S. attorney in Chicago narrows as White House suggests 1 finalist

May 15, 2019 at 4:21 p.m.

The search for a U.S. attorney in Chicago has narrowed as the Trump administration has sent the name of its top candidate to Illinois' two Democratic senators, Dick Durbin and...

Aerial view of the Chicago skyline looking east along Chicago Avenue to Lake Michigan on April 17, 2017.

4 finalists for U.S. attorney’s job in Chicago emerge

May 15, 2019 at 4:21 p.m.

Several former federal prosecutors have emerged as finalists to be the next U.S. attorney in Chicago, but how the selection process will ultimately play out between the Trump administration and...

Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin speaks at an Irish Americans rally in Daley Plaza on March 18, 2017.

Durbin on GOP health care plan: ‘Put a lace collar on a pit bull and it’s still a mean dog’

May 15, 2019 at 4:21 p.m.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin blasted Senate Republicans' new health care proposal Thursday shortly after it was released, saying "you can put a lace collar on a pit bull and...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel, invited to address the National Press Club, talked about public-school education in Chicago in remarks carried live on C-SPAN.

Emanuel takes CPS graduation plan, and Rauner criticism, to a national audience

May 15, 2019 at 4:21 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel told a national TV audience Tuesday that Chicago schools will open in the fall despite ongoing financial challenges, which he again blamed on the state's budget stalemate...

Members of the Republican and Democratic teams stand at attention for the national anthem before the start of the game.

Day after shooting, members of Congress step up to plate

August 21, 2019 at 11:46 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis of downstate Taylorville returned to the baseball field Thursday with his Republican teammates, one day after he stood at the plate as a gunman opened fire...

Police tape marks the boundary between Frank Scott Parkway and the crime scene where law enforcement are investigating near the home of James Hodgkinson on June 14, 2017 in Belleville, Ill.

Illinois congressman at Virginia shooting: ‘It’s my breaking point’

August 21, 2019 at 11:44 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis of downstate Taylorville was at home plate during the Republican congressional team's baseball practice Wednesday when gunfire erupted. "I was up to bat and I heard...

U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley speaks with the baiduhai editorial board on June 5, 2017.

Chicago Rep. Quigley introduces ‘COVFEFE Act’ to preserve Trump’s personal tweets

May 15, 2019 at 4:20 p.m.

It's called the COVFEFE Act. A bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley, a Chicago Democrat, would ensure that even social media post from the President Donald Trump's personal Twitter...

After fired FBI chief testifies, Illinois Democrats express outrage

May 15, 2019 at 4:20 p.m.

After fired FBI Director James Comey's explosive testimony Thursday, Illinois Democrats expressed outrage as one urged a House panel to launch an probe with the potential to trigger President Donald...

The Capitol is seen at sunup in Washington on Feb. 17, 2017.

Chicago attorney faces hearing for top Health and Human Services post

May 15, 2019 at 4:20 p.m.

Eric Hargan, a Chicago lawyer nominated for the No. 2 job at the federal Health and Human Services Department, declined Wednesday at a Senate hearing to say whether he would...

Illinois Democrats in Congress ask Rauner to speak up on health care overhaul

August 21, 2019 at 11:38 p.m.

Congressional Democrats from Illinois want Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner to speak out more forcefully in the national debate over repealing the Affordable Care Act. In a letter to the governor...

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