Democratic Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin said Tuesday on CNN that former President Joe Biden was wrong to issue last-minute preemptive pardons just before his term ended. Minutes before President Donald Trump was sworn into office on Monday,

Few Democrats will ever forget the night of June 27, 2024, when all of the careful mitigation, obfuscation and mendacity long practiced by loyal aides and close family members met the cruel

In the final minutes of his term, Biden pardoned Kinzinger and other members of the Select Committee on the January 6th Attack. "I am not nervous, I'm not scared, and I will not back down," Kinzinger said.

“Joe Biden gave a pardon yesterday to a lot of ... DeVore echoed Trump’s comments saying Illinois Democrats like Raoul are “selectively outraged” about the Jan. 6 defendants receiving ...

When short-form video platform TikTok shut down service earlier this month, the move surprised some Illinois politicians.

Hours before leaving the White House, President Joe Biden issued more pardons to ward ... Liz Cheney of Wyoming, Adam Kinzinger of Illinois; and Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California.

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Of the 118 members of the Illinois House, 20 had verifiable, nonprivate TikTok accounts they used personally or as representatives as of Jan. 22. There were nine verifiable accounts found for state senators.