N.Y., left, walks with Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., as Senate Democrats gather behind closed doors to mount a last-ditch ...

Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada were among the first Democrats to publicly back the Republican funding bill, arguing that a ...

Ill., joined nine other Democratic senators in voting to allow the measure to proceed for a final vote on Friday. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., voted against it, saying she refuses to give Trump ...

The Trump administration's plan to dismantle the US Department of Education has caused intense arguments in the Illinois ...

A group of House Republicans on Friday put forward legislation seeking to prevent Chinese students from studying in American ...

The GOP bill would gut funding for health care, increase military spending, and fund mass deportation. It narrowly passed the ...

Illinois is among about a dozen states that have little or no homeschooling oversight. Some advocates want to do something ...

Though municipal and school board races in Illinois are nonpartisan, voters may see many of the same political themes that ...

Illinois Democratic voters are feeling helpless and increasingly frustrated with how elected officials are handling the Trump administration's flurry of policy changes and spending cuts. The big ...