President Trump’s decision to, once again, slash the boundaries of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monuments is an attack on some of our nation’s most extraordinary public lands.

As an East St. Louis native, I’m thrilled to introduce legislation that would expand the Gateway Arch National Park into Illinois.

It reminds me that America has always been strengthened, not weakened like some want us to believe, by those who choose it.

I wish I could say I am surprised, but I am not. President Trump started this war with a genuine destabilizing regime without thinking it through...

There must be full, fair, and independent investigations into these shootings so the truth can be revealed, and it is critical that DHS not deport any eyewitnesses and allow them to participate fully in the investigation.

We must rein in ICE abuses before another life is lost.

The original misstep may have occurred even earlier, when President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran nuclear agreement during his first term, a deal that was working to restrain Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

I was glad President Trump attended the summit—he and President Obama were right to push our allies to pay more of their fair share for the cost of NATO. But President Trump’s constant rhetoric belittling the alliance and dreams of…

Today, 60 new Americans from 25 countries took an oath that binds us all—not by birth, but by shared belief in our country's promise.

President Trump’s politically motivated criminal investigation of Lisa Cook, without cause, is all about his abuse of power and intimidation tactics.

Anyone who has ever experienced the pain of a toothache knows that oral health care is not a luxury. It is essential. But for too many Illinoisans, dental care is out of reach.

While today’s ruling is a temporary win, we know the President will not concede and only ramp up his attacks.

To preserve the right to vote for every eligible American, Congress must take action to protect this precious right, including passing the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to restore and strengthen the protections of the Voting…

The Supreme Court just overturned well-established precedent to greenlight Donald Trump’s threats to independent federal agencies.

There is nothing more fundamental in a democracy than the right to vote, whether that be in person at the polls or with a mail-in ballot.

This ruling is an affront to good governance and the point of ‘independent’ federal agencies in the first place.

While I am relieved that the Court rightly decided that birthright citizenship is the law of the land, I would be naive to believe that this will stop Trump’s attacks.

This summit is an opportunity for us, in the United States Congress, to reiterate we stand with the alliance.