Good afternoon, Chicago. Two top Illinois Democrats, Gov. JB Pritzker and U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, said today that they oppose a Republican-led stopgap measure that would avert a partial government ...

U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, who served in the Reserve Forces for 23 years before retiring at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, is one of USA TODAY's Women of the Year.

During her remarks in a Senate hearing this month, Senator Tammy Duckworth sounded the alarm over layoffs made in the Department of Veterans Affairs by the Trump Administration.

The Senate voted mostly along party lines Friday afternoon to pass the House Republican-drafted bill to fund government through September, avoiding a government shutdown only hours before funding ...

Rep. Adam Smith (D–Wash.) thinks Democrats should return to their antiwar roots—and be open to negotiating with Russia.

The latest news on President Donald Trump’s administration and the expected Senate vote on a continuing resolution to avert a ...

Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) knows more than her share ... get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox. Sign up "The high point of the exchange..." according to Christina Wilkie at ...

Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth, a Democrat, said: “Donald Trump’s executive order does nothing to expand access to IVF. In fact, he’s the reason IVF is at risk in the first place.” ...

The U.S. Senate advanced a spending bill that would fund the government through the end of September, a step to avoid a ...

Warren and Duckworth’s letter is the first sign of turbulence for Meink’s nomination, which initially appeared set to cruise through the confirmation process before the publication of the ...