As the measure heads back to the House for approval, Democratic activists are now focusing their efforts on the three ...

Illinois Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth voted "No" alongside all other 45 Democrats in the Senate. Republican ...

The sprawling Republican budget bill approved by the Senate Tuesday removes a proposed tax on solar and wind energy projects ...

Christian Mitchell is a former Hyde Park state representative who also served as JB Pritzker’s deputy governor.

Both of Illinois' Democratic U.S. senators, who joined their party's united front against President Trump’s big tax breaks ...

Former South Carolina Lt. Gov. André Bauer is mounting a GOP primary challenge to Sen. Lindsey Graham, arguing the incumbent isn’t conservative enough to represent the ...

In the three months since she launched her candidacy for Congress, Deja Foxx, 25, has become, by contemporary political standards, an internet sensation.

On Election Day 2024, Donald Trump defeated his Democratic rival Kamala Harris by a margin of about 2.3 million votes. The ...

A dozen current or former House members have already launched bids for 2026 Senate or governor races, and more are weighing ...

Some Heartland leaders and lawmakers reacted to the Senate’s passage of the “Big Beautiful Bill” on Tuesday, July 1.

Congressman Wesley Bell’s no vote could not stop the House from narrowly passing President Trump’s budget bill that would “gut” Medicaid,” according to Bell. His fellow Democrat Nikki Budzinski of ...

Editorial written by Chicago Tribune Board. There’s plenty not to like about President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” now being hashed out in the Senate, not least of which is that it would ...