During the vote on the confirmation of Kash Patel as Director of the FBI in the Senate today, Senator Dick Durbin torched Patel over his qualifications for the position.

Springfield, met today with University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine in Rockford leaders, along with other Illinois ...

During the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the confimation of Trump's OMB Director nominee, Russell Vought, Senator Dick Durbin went scorched earth on Elon Musk over his role in the Department ...

Republican Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy says he is "struggling" with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. At the end of Kennedy's ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

In the hours he spent in the room before the Senate Judiciary Committee ... clearly than an exchange in which Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin asked Patel about his association with Stew Peters ...

Among them were individuals such as David Nicholas Dempsey, who, according to prosecutors, attacked officers with “his hands, feet, flag poles, crutches ... week, Senator Dick Durbin, who ...

Senator Dick Durbin (D) Illinois states the President "will ignore the law," when referring to a judge temporarily halting Trump's freeze on grant funding, and says Kash Patel, Pres. Trump's ...

"We don't know how long it will be," said Senate President Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak. Stevens said Olson's family was taking his recovery "day-by-day." If Olson does not return to Juneau by next week ...

Senator Gary Peters of Michigan announced on Tuesday that he would not run for re-election in 2026, forcing Democrats to defend an open seat in a battleground state that President Trump won in ...

Trump's administration is looking to slash the federal workforce. Here's where the most people are employed and what they make. I was in the packed hall at Davos to hear Trump speak. The audience ...

Washington — Senate Republicans are trudging through the process to confirm President Trump's picks for his Cabinet and top administration posts, facing delays by Democrats who are pushing back ...