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Chicago-area Republican congressmen recommended U.S. attorney candidates to Trump

May 15, 2019 at 4:19 p.m.

The first crack at vetting candidates to be the next U.S. attorney for the Chicago area went to three local Republican lawmakers: U.S. Reps. Peter Roskam, Randy Hultgren and Adam...

Louise Bernard named museum director for future Obama Presidential Center

June 4, 2018 at 4:28 p.m.

A luminary among the nation's museums devoted to African-American history was named the museum director at the future Obama Presidential Center, the foundation planning the center announced Wednesday. Louise Bernard,...

Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger talks about the way forward in the nearly 16-year-old conflict in Afghanistan, now the country's longest war, during a conversation with with former Rep. Jane Harman at the Wilson Center in Washington on May 25, 2017.

Kinzinger backs more U.S. troops, expanded mission in Afghanistan

August 21, 2019 at 11:29 p.m.

As President Donald Trump's administration weighs sending up to 5,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, Rep. Adam Kinzinger Thursday called for more military personnel and expanded operations there. Kinzinger, a...

Illinois Democrats condemn Republican health care plan again after new estimates emerge

May 15, 2019 at 4:18 p.m.

Illinois Democrats in Congress called House Republicans' health care plan approved this month a "disaster" and a "zombie bill" after a new analysis predicted it would mean 23 million more...

Quigley says Russia probe is ‘in its infancy’

May 15, 2019 at 4:17 p.m.

Democratic U.S. Rep Mike Quigley's spot as the only Illinoisan on a congressional intelligence committee has put him front and center for the fast-moving disclosures of alleged Russian meddling in...

Republican Rep. Kinzinger praises special prosecutor appointment

May 15, 2019 at 4:17 p.m.

Republican U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger and Illinois Democrats praised former FBI chief Robert Mueller being named special counsel to oversee the federal probe into potential coordination between the Trump campaign...

Proposal would target Jackson Jr.’s workers’ compensation benefits

May 15, 2019 at 4:17 p.m.

Convicted felon and former Democratic U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. could stand to lose about $100,000 a year in tax-free workers' compensation benefits if a bill introduced Wednesday by an...

Former first lady Michelle Obama speaks as former White House chef Sam Kass listens at the Partnership for a Healthier America summit May 12, 2017, at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington.

Rebuking Trump nutrition proposals, Michelle Obama warns against ‘kids eating crap’

May 15, 2019 at 4:17 p.m.

Former first lady Michelle Obama on Friday took some thinly veiled swipes at President Donald Trump's administration's rolling back of some government rules on school lunches, not using his name...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Martin Nesbitt, left, chairman of the Obama Foundation, announce on May 12, 2015, that Chicago will be the home of Obama's presidential library and museum.

Obama Presidential Center breaks from National Archives model

May 23, 2019 at 3:11 a.m.

From Boston's John F. Kennedy Library to Southern California's tribute to Ronald Reagan, America's 13 major presidential libraries get about $65 million a year from the federal government. That opens...

Illinois Democrats want independent probe following Comey firing; Republicans want answers

May 15, 2019 at 4:16 p.m.

Democratic lawmakers from Illinois joined in their party's widespread condemnation of President Donald Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey, and some state Republican members of Congress said they were...

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