Congressman Adam Kinzinger

Former U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger acknowledged it was “a dumb bet.” But as a private citizen who hadn’t been office for two years and wasn’t seeking office, he stressed repeatedly that it was not illegal.

Former U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a Bloomington-Normal native, returned home Thursday to talk about democracy, a legislator's duty and a wide range of topics after WGLT's screening of the documentary "The Last Republican."

Former U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger will visit Illinois State University on Oct. 1 to screen his 2024 documentary "The Last Republican" followed by a conversation with the WGLT newsroom. It's co-hosted by WGLT and The Dirksen Congressional Center.

The fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection passed with little note this week, as events in Venezuela, the economy and even chatter about Greenland consumed public attention. It didn't go entirely unobserved. House Democrats held an unofficial hearing on the issue.

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.

“The Last Republican” screened at film fests in Toronto and Chicago, but it has yet to find distribution for wider release.

A partisan United Center crowd delivered its booming adoration to former six-term Illinois Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger for delivering a rousing, never-Trump message Thursday night.

He's still a Republican, but former U.S. House Rep. Adam Kinzinger says he's endorsing President Joe Biden for re-election because former president Donald Trump is a threat to democracy.

Former U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger’s new book “Renegade” chronicles his break from the Republican Party and Donald Trump, though it’s the long list of McLean County cameos and name-drops that will jump off the page for local readers.

U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a noted critic of former President Donald Trump, is calling it quits rather than vying against U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood in a Republican primary next year.