Ukraine

Russian president Vladimir Putin is sending 300 thousand additional troops to Ukraine to beef up the nation's flagging invasion effort.

Recent mass shootings across the nation are prompting discussions about what Congress should do to limit gun violence. The war in Ukraine also remains a hot subject in the headlines. Republican Rep. Darin LaHood, who represents parts of Greater Peoria, shares his insight on these current events.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says he believes Russia's actions in the country's ongoing invasion of neighboring Ukraine constitute a genocide.

Andrew Larson is the director of market development for the Illinois Soybean Association.

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, says he was moved by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy's plea to a joint session of Congress this week seeking additional military aid as his country defends itself from Russia's invasion.

The Illinois General Assembly will consider a bill condemning and sanctioning Russia, three weeks into Russia's war on Ukraine.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, touted Illinois' benefits from the $1.5 trillion dollar federal spending package passed Thursday by Congress, while supporting the Biden Administration’s latest economic sanctions against Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine.

Caterpillar is suspending operations in its Russian manufacturing facilities, as a humanitarian crisis in Ukraine is wreaked by Russia's continuing invasion of its neighbor.

PSO music director George Stelluto told WCBU the decision felt right. The conductor has performed in Ukraine multiple times since 2000.