We are connected by God. We both lost children,” Hanan Shaheen tells president after discussing the dehumanization of Palestinians.

Democrats in Congress representing the Chicago area looking for ways to limit the scope of President-elect’s Donald Trump’s plans.

The New Jersey Democrat is facing potentially years in prison after he was convicted on federal corruption charges in July.

California, Illinois and New York are shrinking. As the U.S. population shifts to the South, political power is seeping from Democratic to Republican states.

The Democratic Party begins 2025 with several looming questions. Among them: who will lead its national party apparatus, and how it will handle President-elect Donald Trump's second term.

Good afternoon, Chicago. One week before Donald Trump moves back into the White House, the Democrats representing the Chicago area in Congress are strategizing ways to limit the scope of the Republican president-elect’s plans.

Population shifts to the South could reduce Democrats' path to winning the House or White House in the long term. Projections show Democratic states losing up to 12 House seats and Electoral College votes to Republican states by 2030.

The White House announced that four area teachers are among nearly 300 educators being honored with the nation’s highest award given to educators.

No, it wasn't fiscal responsibility or more transparency regarding health care costs; it was a measure that would create a commission that would "embrace" those counties in Illinois that would want become part of Indiana. More: 'A low-wage state': How Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker responded to Indiana's secession bill

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin did not inform Congress or the White House as required when he was incapacitated due to treatment for prostate cancer or when complications

You may never have heard of Brooklyn, Illinois. You might not be aware it’s one of the country’s first Black settlements, or that it’s thought to be the first majority-Black town in America to incorporate and the oldest such town still in existence today.