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.

This hearing exposed that our medical schools have become consumed by political ideology that they're losing sight of reality.

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.

Expanding Gateway Arch National Park into Illinois would not only give visitors new ways to experience the Arch and the Mississippi River, but it would also help drive economic growth throughout the Metro East region.

Trump’s actions against Chicago, especially during ‘Operation Midway Blitz,’ were unwarranted, unwanted and unjust moves straight out of the authoritarian’s playbook.

Here is our chance to agree on a bipartisan process to rescue Social Security this year.

The Senate cannot authorize $1.14 trillion in defense spending—the largest defense budget ever proposed in our nation’s history—for Donald Trump to continue his illegal and disastrous war that Americans do not want.

To our newest citizens: you now carry both the rights and the responsibilities of this democracy, and I'm counting on you to exercise and defend them.

Simply throwing more money at an out-of-control military operation is not strategy. It’s a recipe for a forever war.

We write for a second time regarding the unconstitutional and illegal attempt to transform the United States Postal Service into an election administration agency controlled by the White House and President Trump.

As we see in Sudan and Burma, oppressive regimes are mercilessly targeting civilians, using many of the same tactics from Rwanda more than 30 years ago.

Deploying the military into U.S. cities, especially without the request or consent of elected leaders, is a clear violation of the law by any president.

I fear the President’s foreign policy positions and past comments on NATO have damaged our longstanding transatlantic relationship.

Accordingly, we insist that the Postal Service abandon this proposed regulation and return to its core mission of providing universal postal services to every American. The Constitution and federal law demand nothing less.

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

The United States failed to act and prevent the Rwandan genocide—and during my stay, I reflected on how we, as a nation, could strive to never make that same mistake again.

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.

And thank you to the Excel Center for their work and commitment to Illinois’ first adult high school. This school was built on a simple but important idea: that it’s never too late to invest in someone’s potential and give them a real…