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Federal Aviation Administration employees participate in a demonstration of an airline cabin filling with smoke in a simulator at the FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute in Oklahoma City in October 2019.

Tammy Duckworth: The FAA should use real-life conditions for its evacuation standards

December 30, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Imagine you're crammed into your middle seat — behind a crying baby, of course — and a wave of turbulence rocks the plane. Then another. Then that singular, ominous "ding"...

Stacey Portugal walks through the memorial for victims of the Highland Park Independence Day parade mass shooting with her son, Jacob Portugal, who lives in California, on Aug. 15, 2022.

Tammy Duckworth: Members of Congress can show they care about Americans by passing an assault weapons ban

July 20, 2022 at 3:20 p.m.

Two-year-old Aiden McCarthy was lying bloodied and pinned underneath his unconscious father when he was found. Just a toddler, Aiden was still in diapers, had somehow lost one shoe and...

The Day Tammy Duckworth’s Black Hawk Went Down

July 2, 2026 at 1:24 p.m.

In an exclusive excerpt from her new book, the U.S. senator from Illinois recounts the dramatic downing of her helicopter in Iraq — and the early stages of recovery from her devastating...

Commentary: Sen. Tammy Duckworth: Trump’s war games are dangerous; Congress must rein him in

January 10, 2020 at 5:57 p.m.

"All is well." That's what Donald Trump said just hours after Iran fired more than a dozen missiles at two two Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops Tuesday in retaliation for...

People enjoy Promontory Point on Chicago's South Side as they flock to Lake Michigan for the Labor Day holiday in 2019.

Commentary: A strong Clean Water Act keeps our drinking glasses full, our fish safe to eat and our beaches open

November 13, 2019 at 2:44 p.m.

Imagine it's the first day of summer. You decide to take your young family to cool off at Lake Michigan. You pack a lunch, get the beach towels out, load...

Sen. Tammy Duckworth: Now is not the time to leave Iraq

May 31, 2019 at 4:24 p.m.

First, it was the familiar weight of my body armor. Then, as I approached the helicopter the feeling grew. The growl of the engine, the smell of hydraulic fluid and...

Gina Haspel, nominee for director of the Central Intelligence Agency, listens while being introduced by former Senator Evan Bayh, D-Ind., right, during a Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing on May 9, 2018.

Haspel’s torture record violates American values

May 31, 2019 at 4:17 p.m.

When you find yourself wounded in enemy territory, as I did after my Blackhawk helicopter was shot down in Iraq, you develop an elevated understanding of the threat of torture...

U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., then a Senate candidate, talks to Vietnam War-era veteran Glen Warner, 75, during her campaign stop at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4829 in Shelbyville, Ill., in August 2016.

Health care reform shouldn’t penalize veterans

May 11, 2019 at 3:59 a.m.

Many Americans breathed a sigh of relief in March when House Republicans failed to pass their health care bill, which would have kicked tens of millions of working families off...

Migrants wait to register with the police at the refugee center in the southern Serbian town of Presevo, on Nov. 16, 2015.

Reject fearmongers, welcome Syrian refugees

August 21, 2019 at 6:02 p.m.

This is a time for the United States to lead with strength, not fear. In combat one should never let the enemy determine the battlefield or dictate the terms of...

Duckworth, Foster, Quigley op-ed: Why we support an imperfect Iran nuclear deal

May 11, 2019 at 2:34 a.m.

While not trained arms negotiators, we three members of Congress relied upon careful consideration rather than rushed partisanship in reviewing the historic accord designed to prevent Iran from obtaining a...

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