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October 20, 2026Duckworth, Durbin Announce More Than $12 Million In Funding For Southern Illinois Truck Parking Improvements
[CHICAGO, IL] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced a total of $12,645,145 in federal funding for the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) to support the Southern Illinois Truck Parking Expansion Project. This funding, from U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) FY26 INFRA Track 2 program, will support the reconstruction and expansion of the Green Creek Southbound and Post Oak Southbound rest areas on Interstate 57 in… Continue Reading
October 19, 2026Duckworth, Senate Democrats Call on HHS Secretary to Reverse Plans for Trump Administration Lawyers to Represent Unaccompanied Children in Immigration Court
Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) urged Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to reverse the decision for HHS attorneys to represent unaccompanied children against the Trump Administration’s own deportation machine and restore independent legal counsel immediately. In the letter to Secretary Kennedy, the Senators underscored how failing to reve… Continue Reading
October 16, 2026Duckworth, Durbin Join Bicameral Coalition in Pressing Trump Administration on Illegal Reallocation of Funding for Minority Serving Institutions
U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono and a bicameral coalition in pressing Secretary of Education Linda McMahon on the Administration’s illegal decision to redirect funding from Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) to other institutions. In a letter to Secretary McMahon, the members emphasized that while increasing funding for those institutions is important, the additional investments cannot come at the expense o… Continue Reading
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February 28, 2026Illinois elected leaders blast Trump’s military strikes in Iran: ‘No justification’
CHICAGO - Elected state and congressional leaders in Illinois blasted President Trump and his administration for the early morning military strikes in Iran on Saturday. The local leaders, mostly Democrats who have routinely opposed the Trump administration’s policies on nearly every front, argued the strikes against Iran were not legally justified and circumvented congressional authority for war. Here is what they said. U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth US Senator Tammy Duckworth, Democrat from Illi… Continue Reading
February 26, 2026Trump wants to ‘dismantle’ VA, veteran senator claims
Veteran Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois accused President Donald Trump of seeking to privatize and ultimately dismantle the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) during a combative congressional hearing this week. Why It Matters The remarks come amid a fresh dispute over a VA disability compensation rule that sparked backlash from veterans’ groups. The comments also reflect a broader fight over the future of the VA and how veterans’ care should be delivered. VA pointed Newsweek t… Continue Reading
February 13, 2026Senator seeks US watchdog probe into Texas drone incidents
, March 13 (Reuters) - The top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Commerce aviation subcommittee on Friday called for a government investigation into two recent incidents of the government's use of a laser-based anti-drone system in Texas. Senator Tammy Duckworth, in a letter seen by Reuters, asked the inspector generals for the Transportation, Homeland Security and Defense departments to jointly investigate the government's use of counter-drone high-energy laser weapons. She said the Texas events … Continue Reading