Heroic Iraq War veteran and congressional candidate Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) helped kick off the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night with a speech that drew several standing ovations, and which ...

A wounded veteran slammed Trump for his Purple Heart comments. — -- Congresswoman and Iraq War veteran Tammy Duckworth -- who lost both legs and partial use of her arm in combat -- had a powerful ...

The Illinois Democrat said Hegseth’s claims that women weren’t effective in combat roles are just “flat-out wrong.” ...

In a scathing letter delivered Thursday to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Duckworth—an Iraq War veteran and double amputee who sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee—denounced the Trump ...

CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth has returned to Iraq for the first time since the helicopter she was piloting was shot down during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004. The Illinois Democrat said ...

Democratic U.S. Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin panned strikes against nuclear sites in Iran ordered by President Donald Trump on Saturday in separate statements. Duckworth, who lost both legs ...

First, it was the familiar weight of my body armor. Then, as I approached the helicopter the feeling grew. The growl of the engine, the smell of hydraulic fluid and JP-8 fuel, the communication ...

MOLINE — The U.S. already has boots on the ground in the fight against ISIS in Iraq and the government should be more open about that, U. S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth said in Moline on Wednesday. Rep.

Dec. 17, 2005 — -- Democrats once again may turn to an Iraq war veteran critical of President Bush's handling of Iraq in an attempt to capture a traditionally Republican seat in the House of ...

A package of bills led by Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., seeks to strengthen protections for immigrant veterans who have been ...