Senate Democrats say allowing a GOP funding bill to pass has allowed the party to keep their focus on Trump as his tariffs ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's favorable ratings are sinking among New Yorkers, according to a new poll that also ...

With only two bills passed in the current legislative session in Lansing, it marks the least productive legislature since at ...

Long-time Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin announced his retirement Wednesday, setting off a once-in-a-decade leadership fight to ...

About 80 House of Delegates candidates are women, representing Democrats, Republicans and third party contenders. They are incumbents and challengers in primary or general elections vying for a role ...

President Trump recently signed an <a href=" order shifting some of the responsibility from the federal government to states ...

Longtime U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, announced he will retire after his term ends in ...

A Social Security “war room,” threats to shut the agency, worker buyouts and a restraining order — here’s a timeline of what ...

There are signs from the Senate on a potential way to avoid a federal government shutdown. But 60 votes ... unclear if enough Democrats will join Republicans to pass a stopgap deal.

The 80-year-old Democrat told WBEZ in an Illinois exclusive that age was a factor in his not seeking a sixth term in Congress ...

Senate Republicans are experiencing a new case of heartburn over Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after a spate of Pentagon ...

Republican leaders are rapidly running out of ways to pay for President Trump’s agenda as GOP lawmakers shoot down various ...