The escalation of military action in the war between Israel and Iran, and the possibility of U.S. involvement in the conflict ...

About $300 billion in funding for the SNAP program would be eliminated under President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

ILLINOIS - President Donald Trump’s so-called "Big Beautiful Bill" is encountering resistance in the Senate. Some Republicans oppose proposed cuts to programs like Medicaid, while others say the bill ...

President Donald Trump’s strategy hinges on the belief that financial resources translate to political power and he plans to ...

Josh Hawley insists he opposes cuts to Medicaid. But proposed new requirements backed by Hawley could still push millions off the rolls, critics warn. Far from Capitol Hill, U.S. Rep. Wesley Bell, a ...

During a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on June 18, 2025, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) presses Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll and Chief of Staff of the Army Randy George on potential US ...

President Donald Trump recently called for a special prosecutor to look into his false claims that the 2020 election was ...

Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee zeroed in on former President Joe Biden’s mental capacity during his presidency ...

Nor is McConnell the only pending retirement by a senator who was a freshman member of Congress during President Ronald ...

A recent House hearing over immigration policy turned into a political brawl — and quite possibly a preview of 2026 elections in Illinois. The big picture: Downstate Rep. Mary Miller is emerging as ...

The anonymous pizza deliveries reportedly began shortly before the assassination of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and ...

There’s no such thing as a routine fire call, but everything was going according to plan for the Sterling Fire Department one ...