As the trade war between the United States and its international allies intensifies, local farmers are expressing growing concerns.

Live updates and the latest news as U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum kick in and the Senate turns to a government funding ...

The Tri-County area’s largest school district is “hoping for the best but preparing for the worst” in the wake of the White House’s move to ...

Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) defied House Democratic leadership Tuesday when he voted for the GOP’s bill to avert a government shutdown — the only one in the caucus to support the stopgap. Golden’s ...

Some members of Congress are feeling the public outrage in the sheer volume of people calling their offices, attending ...

President Trump has announced that 1,315 staffers will be laid off from the Department of Education, with the goal of taking ...

Here's what recent polls are saying in U.S. and Illinois, plus comparisons to approval for past presidents and Trump's first term.

Illinois leaders took shots at the Trump administration after it announced the firings of over 1,3000 employees at the Department of Education.

Progressives have emerged as the most aggressive voices condemning the detention of Palestinian activist and U.S. green card-holder Mahmoud Khalil, arguing that Democrats must unite in denouncing ...

Senate Democrats say the six-month government funding resolution that passed the House Tuesday is a “horrible” bill, but there’s growing sentiment within the Senate Democratic conference that it ...

Va., is one of three Democratic lawmakers spearheading a legislative effort to reinstate thousands of veterans who were fired ...

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin is concerned about the long term impacts of federal cuts to agencies and funding coming out of the ...