Joe Biden

Former President Joe Biden’s remarks in Chicago at the 2025 national conference of Advocates, Counselors, and Representatives for the Disabled marked his first public rebuttal of the Trump administration in the early days of his post-presidential life.

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.

Many Illinois Democrats say they are trying to coalesce rapidly around Vice President Kamala Harris as the new nominee for president following Joe Biden's decision to get exit the race. Republicans say they see an opportunity.

Patrick Cortesi, head of McLean County Democrats, says he’s saddened by President Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the race, but adding it’s also the right move to give Democrats the best chance to win in November.

While JB Pritzker has emphatically expressed his support of President Biden, he’s also not quashed the narrative that he has White House ambitions.

The freshman Democratic House Rep. said conversations with constituents across Illinois' 17th Congressional District prompted him to issue a statement calling for President Joe Biden to end his bid for reelection in November.

The Illinois congressman called on Biden to drop out of the presidential race in an interview on MSNBC Friday, hours before ABC aired an interview with Biden widely viewed as a litmus test for the president a week after his damaging debate performance.

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.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said Supreme Court justices can't argue that separation of powers shields them from ethics laws.

U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth says President Biden and Congress are united in supporting Ukraine as it fights back against Russia's invasion.