The Tribune continues its endorsements for the 2024 general election with our choices for the races for U.S. Congress in Illinois Districts 8 through 17.
At a campaign stop in Pennsylvania on Saturday, Sen. JD Vance called out VP Kamala Harris for her failures to America's homeless veterans during her tenure in the Biden administration.
House lawmakers on Wednesday urged the swift passage of legislation to better support family caregivers and home health aides who help veterans with serious disabilities continue to live at home and stay out of institutional care.
Lawmakers are moving quickly to pass emergency legislation to plug a roughly $3 billion shortfall facing the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), as officials warn veterans' and survivors' benefits payments are at risk absent congressional action in the coming days. The House passed legislation with bipartisan support Wednesday night, and members on both sides of [...]
House Republicans are moving to ensure veterans' care is fully funded after the Department of Veterans Affairs announced a budget shortfall and as Congress works to avoid a government shutdown.
House Republicans on Friday rolled out an emergency funding plan to address a roughly $3 billion budget shortfall facing the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee joined House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chair Mike Bost (R-Ill.) unveiling the bill, dubbed the Veterans Benefits Continuity and Accountability Supplemental Appropriations Act. “My bill [...]
A Taliban fighter stands guard at Kabul airport on Aug. 27, 2021, at the site of the twin suicide bombs that killed scores of people, including 13 U.S. troops, the previous day.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker and top Illinois Democrats praised President Biden's record and patriotism, while Republicans noted their previous questions about his fitness and their party's unity behind former President Trump.
