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March 23, 2022
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson was the subject of misleading rhetoric on critical race theory and her pandemic-era rulings.
Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on Covid-19 Risks in Jails
July 16, 2020
Months after Senator Dick Durbin took office, one of America’s most over-hauling immigration reform bills became effective.
May 13, 2020
Willie Wilson has threatened to file a lawsuit against the state of Illinois to pay for face coverings for the…
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January 12, 2018
After President Donald Trump denied that he had referred to Haiti and African countries as "shithole countries," Senator Dick Durbin…
March 18, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) — The second-ranking Senate Democrat on Wednesday accused Republicans of putting the president's attorney general nominee "in the…
October 29, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The mother of a 17-year-old boy shot by a suspicious neighbor told a panel of U.S. senators…
October 29, 2013
CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin on Monday removed a Facebook post that erroneously claimed a GOP leader had…
October 24, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) ignited a firestorm with a Facebook post this week alleging that an unnamed…
October 22, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - President Barack Obama is often chided, especially by pundits and critics on the right, for not doing…
January 30, 2013
VIDEO - Police say Hadiya Pendleton died after she was shot in the back while hanging out with a group…
July 11, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) is now facing pressure from his own party to come forth about his…
July 9, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.'s (D-Ill) mysterious leave of absence from Congress has many on the Hill wondering…
November 18, 2010
Burris did not mention the controversy surrounding his appointment by former, impeached and now convicted Gov. Blagojevich...
March 24, 2010
VIDEO - The main suspense surrounding this week's debate is whether the fix-it bill can emerge from the Senate unchanged..
March 18, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Legislation approved by the Senate would significantly reduce the disparity in sentences handed out to those convicted…
March 15, 2010
OPINION - While some might call this political pragmatism, others might describe this outcome as the modern-day version of the…