In the final minutes of his term, Biden pardoned Kinzinger and other members of the Select Committee on the January 6th Attack. “I am not nervous, I’m not scared, and I will not back down,” Kinzinger said.

While Illinois is mostly thought of as a blue state these days, close to 2.5 million people in the state voted for Donald Trump. It's no surprise there are a lot of Illinois folks in the capitol or on their way there ahead of Inauguration Day.

SOCIAL MEDIA SALVO: House Republican Leader Tony McCombie has been sued in federal court by Tom DeVore, a former Republican attorney general candidate who says McCombie blocked him on Facebook.

Trump’s swearing-in lands on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the national holiday celebrating the civil rights icon always held on the third Monday in January. The confluence of events means Democrats can argue if they want they are not boycotting Trump as much as they have some place better to

Illinois GOP Chair Cathy Salvi said on X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter, that Illinois Republicans “look forward to working with President Trump to create safer ...

The House voted 263 to 156 to approve the Laken Riley act, sending the measure to Trump for his signature. The measure would make it easier for federal immigration officials to detain and deport those without legal status who are charged with specific crimes.

The caucus is prioritizing outreach to unhappy Illinois counties, alongside the budget, schools, health care, energy, justice and housing.

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

Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston wants the nearly three-dozen Illinois counties that have voted to secede to consider redder pastures. Among those, two counties that border Vermilion County, Iroquois County to the north and Edgar County to the south.

Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Share Former Republican Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger on Monday ... But Kinzinger — one of the most outspoken GOP critics of Trump since the returning president’s first ...

Click here for more stories from this year's legislative session. Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston wants the nearly three-dozen Illinois counties that have voted to secede to consider redder ...

As Democrats across deep-blue Illinois on Monday responded to President Donald Trump’s inaugural address with a call “to fight back” against the incoming GOP administration, jubilant Republicans advised the state’s supermajority party to follow the returning president’s lead to “eliminate these woke politics and restore America back to traditional values.