Among others, the lineage of downstaters in the upper chamber also includes Alan Dixon, a Belleville Democrat who served from ...

But with Europe coping with a more distant relationship with the US, Germany releasing its debt brake and planning hundreds ...

Just three weeks ago, Pritzker berated Durbin for his principled opposition to a proposed federal government shutdown in ...

It was opening day in Washington, and the home-town Senators were well on their way to their first defeat of the baseball season. At the end of the third inning, an announcement blared forth from ...

Cliff Questel joins the limited ranks of visual reporters in the city's courts — but the ship has long been sinking.

The problem then was to find a replacement. Two days before, Mundt had telephoned Illinois’ Republican Senator Everett Dirksen, a committee member, in Huntsville, Tenn., asked him to rush back ...

Although a mistrial was declared in the bribery case against state Sen. Emil Jones III, D-Chicago, another Illinois ...

Andrew Boutros left the Northern District as an assistant U.S. attorney around 10 years ago. He is returning as the interim chief prosecutor during a tumultuous time in the Justice Department.

That attitude toward federal spending is attributed to the great Illinois Sen. Everett Dirksen. It still holds true today, but with one exception — today, you'd have to use the word “trillion ...