As the Trump administration continues its efforts to downsize the federal government with massive staffing cuts, Illinois Sen ...

Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin, both Democrats, voted against Hegseth’s confirmation. The backstory Vice President JD Vance had to cast the tie-breaking vote after multiple Republican ...

Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an Iraq War veteran who served in combat as a helicopter pilot, signed on to a letter Thursday pushing back against laying off an additional 80,000 VA employees ...

Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, an Iraq War veteran and Purple Heart recipient, was one of the critics, telling Hegseth he is not qualified to be the defense secretary. She joins "The ...

Senator Tammy Duckworth questioned Commerce Secretary nominee Howard Lutnick on whether he would follow an illegal order from Trump, including a freeze on federal grant funding. She warned that ...

Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)—a member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC)—and ...

Tammy Duckworth (R-Ill ... defense secretary in U.S. history to have needed a tie-breaking vote from the vice president to be confirmed. "The last company that he ran... he so badly bungled ...

Illinois’ junior senator has filed legislation in Washington D.C. that would give veterans fired by the recent layoffs under ...

Senator Tammy Duckworth questioned officials on the cost and logistics of President Trump’s order to deploy U.S. troops to Guantanamo Bay for a mass migration facility expansion. Officials ...

As a former Black Hawk pilot during the Iraq War, Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth is sharing some insight into the moments leading up to the crash. Shortly after being briefed by the FAA and NTSB ...