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The government is still in a partial shutdown, but the House Speaker predicts it will be over by Tuesday. In the meantime, lawmakers are still divided over Department of Homeland Security policy changes.

The White House says fully vaccinated international travelers will have to present proof of vaccination and get tested before flying. The policy is slated to take effect in November.

The Senate passes a spending measure totaling $14 billion more than President Bush said he would accept. But the president has eased his veto threat, waiting to see how a conference committee will handle the gap between the Senate plan and the House's $91.9 billion proposal.

The political world was shocked when the GOP House leader took himself out of consideration for speaker. Rep. Charles Rangel tweeted that unlike his smoothie, things weren't "smooth" for McCarthy.

President Trump is awarding the nation's highest civilian honor to a lawmaker, who the White House claims "uncovered the greatest scandal in American history," even though that has no basis in fact.

Construction of a new fire-and-rescue house to serve the Peoria International Airport is underway.

The Illinois General Assembly passed a $40 billion state budget along party-line votes Saturday night in the House and early Sunday morning in the Senate:…

The move comes after parliamentarian Stella Creasy was told she couldn't bring her 3-month-old son into the House of Commons. Babies are less disruptive than "braying backbenchers," one lawmaker said.

A victory in the House for federally funded stem-cell research represents a victory for the patients' lobby, comprised of people with personal reasons to hope for a scientific breakthrough.

Missouri Democrat Rep. Cori Bush says she is under federal investigation for using campaign funds to hire her husband to provide her security. She denied wrongdoing and says she is cooperating fully.