The measure to fund the government into the fall now heads to the desk of President Donald Trump, who is expected to sign it.

A former Illinois state Senator just became the first Republican to file to succeed U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds. Jim Oberweis, former Chair of Oberweis Dairy, filed on March 5 to run in Florida’s 19th ...

President Trump assailed in biblical terms the “weaponization” of the Justice Department under his predecessor, Joseph R. Biden Jr., saying during a meandering speech in the Great Hall of the ...

According to the Department of Public Health, experienced 3,261 fatal opioid-related drug overdoses in 2022, and 2,855 in ...

Senate Democrats are staking out their positions on a bill to temporarily fund the government, known as a continuing resolution (CR), which would avert a federal shutdown.

Tesla shares have plummeted as the electric-vehicle company is increasingly seen as a symbol of Trumpism, with consumers in ...

WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today sent a letter to ...

Pritzker, the two-term governor of blue state Illinois, will deliver the keynote ... when the Democrats lost the White House and their Senate majority, and failed to win back control of the ...

The Democratic Party was fracturing Friday as a torrent of frustration and anger was unleashed at Senate Democrats, led by Sen. Chuck Schumer, who faced what they saw as an awful ...

Among the Republican voters experiencing buyer’s remorse are more than a few military veterans who chose Trump over Harris by ...

Jonathan Martin is POLITICO’s senior political columnist and politics bureau chief. He’s covered elections in every corner of America and co-authored a best-selling book about Donald Trump and Joe ...

Some Republican lawmakers want to go after those who deal fentanyl in Illinois. Saying it is time to address the fentanyl ...