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

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

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

It shouldn't take a medical degree to answer a basic biology question.

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.

That is why days like today are so important—to give voice to the innocent, begin the process of healing, and make the solemn promise ‘never again.’

It has been my honor to be your partner in the fight for human rights and dignity.

Sadly, the United States today is making the same mistakes that it did in Rwanda, turning away rather than turning towards.

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

Now, this President can fire whomever he perceives as his enemy at these agencies without so much as citing cause.

“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. My own mother came to this country as a two-year-old refugee from Lithuania, and I keep her…

The open road, and the rest stops along the way, should be accessible to all who use it—truck drivers, Illinoisans, and visitors alike.

President Trump’s illegal birthright citizenship order was not just an attack on our Constitution—it was an attack on millions of Americans who have immigrant heritage.

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.

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.

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

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.