Katherine Skiba

Former President Barack Obama arrives for jury duty at the Daley Center on Nov. 8, 2017, in Chicago.

Obama will campaign more in second year off the job, but continue a low political profile

May 31, 2019 at 9:09 p.m.

A year after leaving the White House, former president Barack Obama has been on the go, writing a memoir, giving paid speeches, passing the plate for his future presidential center...

Sen. Dick Durbin: President Trump used ‘hate-filled, vile and racist’ language in immigration meeting

August 22, 2019 at 7:21 a.m.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin on Friday ripped President Donald Trump for using "hate-filled, vile and racist" language when talking about immigrants from Haiti and Africa, even as Trump took...

U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, in response to President Donald Trump's comments about immigration, said: "It is time for my Republican colleagues to say so. Enough is enough. Silence is complicity."

Illinois Democrats assail Trump immigration comments as ‘vile,’ ‘racist’

August 22, 2019 at 7:21 a.m.

Democratic members of Congress from Illinois on Thursday quickly condemned comments President Donald Trump reportedly made in a meeting about ongoing immigration deal talks. "Why are we having all these...

Ex-couple who died in Lake Forest shooting were Navy dentist and former Highland Park naturalist

May 31, 2019 at 9:08 p.m.

The young woman who authorities said was gunned down in Lake Forest on Wednesday was a Navy officer and dentist who provided care to recruits from Naval Station Great Lakes....

Carla Hayden, a former Chicago librarian, is the first woman and African-American to serve as Librarian of Congress.

Former Chicagoan oversees the Library of Congress, the ‘ultimate treasure chest’

May 31, 2019 at 9:11 p.m.

Bursting at the seams with more than 164 million items, the Library of Congress is the world’s largest, home to treasures including a Gutenberg Bible, the archives of 23 presidents...

Rep. Peter Roskam, a Republican from Illinois and a member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, does a TV news interview as the Republican majority in Congress prepares to deliver the biggest reshaping of the U.S. tax code in three decades on Dec. 19, 2017.

Illinois Republicans, Democrats in Congress stick with their parties on tax vote

August 18, 2019 at 9:35 p.m.

Illinois lawmakers in Congress stuck with their parties Tuesday when the U.S. House advanced Republicans’ sweeping rewrite of the federal tax code. U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, a Wheaton Republican who...

Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., speaks during a news conference on GOP tax legislation on Nov. 2, 2017, on Capitol Hill. He said on Dec. 13 that the legislation would "impact our nation like no other vote that Congress is going to take."

Roskam praises Republican tax compromise as Democrats push back hard

May 31, 2019 at 9:09 p.m.

As Republicans moved forward Wednesday on a rewrite of the tax code despite strenuous objections from Democrats, U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam said the tax overhaul would “impact our nation like...

U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam speaks to members of the Palatine Township Republican Organization on Feb. 4, 2017.

Seven Democrats line up for a chance to run against U.S. Rep. Roskam

May 31, 2019 at 9:10 p.m.

Seven Democrats have signed up for a chance to run against U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, a Republican who has represented the west and northwest suburbs for more than 10 years...

Durbin, Duckworth join list of Democrats calling for Franken to resign

August 22, 2019 at 6:54 a.m.

Both of Illinois’ Democratic senators on Wednesday joined the list of lawmakers calling on U.S. Sen. Al Franken to quit. In a tweet Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, the No....

Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., makes a point as the House Ways and Means Committee begins the markup process of the GOP's far-reaching tax overhaul on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 6, 2017. Roskam is chairman of the Subcommittee on Tax Policy.

Roskam: Republicans have ‘crossed the Rubicon’ with tax overhaul plans

May 31, 2019 at 9:09 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam said Monday the Republican-led House and Senate have “crossed the Rubicon” by passing separate overhauls of the tax code and predicted lawmakers soon would bridge gaps...

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