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Get the latest update on the upcoming virtual talks in Congress and their busy to-do list. Will there be a deal on critical national security and border is...

The Democratic and Republican leaders of the US Senate said Tuesday that Washington will not be able to approve new aid for Ukraine before year's end, as the two sides continue to seek a compromise.

The Midwest Democrat tells John Bowden what he believes his party needs to do to retain the White House next year. Will they listen?

Welcome to the Thursday, November 16, 2023, Brew. 

Biden has appointed and U.S. Senate has confirmed 148 Article III federal judges through November 1, 2023,his third year in office

President Joe Biden (D) has appointed and the U.S. Senate has confirmed 148 Article III federal judges through November 1, 2023, his third year in office. This is the fourth-most Article III judicial appointments through this point in all presidencies since President Ronald Reagan (R). The Senate had confirmed 157…

Illinoisans have pioneered low-cost, basic interventions with huge returns in fostering a better quality of life in some of the poorest parts of the world, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin writes.

Obama administration alum confirmed by US Senate in 53-43 vote

Roy Franklin had been set to plead guilty Dec. 15, but died Oct. 15 of lung cancer.