The veteran Democrat’s exit announcement will invite other Democrats to try to grab her seat. State Senator Laura Fine and ...

Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Senate Democrat for two decades and a leading liberal voice on Capitol Hill, will not seek reelection next year, closing out a 44-year congressional career ...

Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s far-right security minister who openly supports the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, said on ...

The U.S. Department of Justice says Illinois released several noncitizen migrants who were later arrested for subsequent ...

The Illinois Department of Human Rights and Illinois Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes says the state is ...

Nine people are facing federal immigration-related offenses in the Southern District of Illinois. Most of them are accused of ...

With six weeks left in the spring legislative session, lawmakers have a range of measures before them that backers say are ...

A Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University and was arrested during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship has made ...

Senator Richard J. Durbin’s departure will set off a primary for a rare open Senate seat in Illinois and open a top ...

CHICAGO Illinois has faced an alarming surge in hate and extremism, following national trends. Hate crimes have skyrocketed ...

The decision by Durbin, who is in his fifth Senate term and is the chamber’s No. 2 Democrat, will set off a flurry of ...

A dozen presidents of colleges and universities in Illinois signed a letter calling out "unprecedented government overreach ...