Tammy Duckworth: “I thank the chairman and the ranking member for your attention to this matter, and I hope that we can work together to…”

Rural Illinoisans were already dealing with extreme barriers to care, between a shortage of health care professionals and too many having to travel hours to the nearest hospital when mere minutes can mean life or death in an emergency.

Open-ended deployments driven by an open-ended war have real consequences for our servicemembers, and we are seeing those consequences now.

Our sailors and Marines signed up to serve and to be treated with respect. They did not sign up to be kept at sea indefinitely with no announced return date and, by multiple accounts, without reliable food, hot water, or working plumbing.

When will Trump stop embracing dictators and alienating our allies?