Tammy Duckworth

@duckworth.senate.gov

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Mom. Combat Veteran. Blackhawk pilot. U.S. Senator. Illinoisan.

Senator Duckworth tours a warehouse that builds modular homes in the process of being build behind her. She’s besides a staff member who gives her a tour in the image.
Senator Duckworth and Durbin sit in front of a panel table with a background screen that reads, “the cost of the cuts, a listening session one year after the big, beautiful bill”
Senator Duckworth and state leaders march holding a “We are Highland Park” banner.
Senator Duckworth shakes hands with a disability advocate at an ADA rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court.
Black and white photo from the Stonewall Uprising. A group of people are protesting in the streets with signs that read “gay pride”.
Rainbow pride flag is held up in the crowd in front of the Supreme Court.
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller allegedly pushed for the DOJ’s memo that undermines Olmstead.
Trump Truth Social Post: Wow! The Senate just changed its vote on Iran from 50-48 against, to 50-47 for. Rand Paul and Bill Cassidy changed. Thank you to Leader Thune, Lindsay Graham, Bernie Moreno, and all. This vote puts Iran on notice! President DJT
Trump DOJ Outlines Dubious Path to Force People into Psychiatric Institutions
PBS News: Appeals court panel rules that transgender troops were illegally barred from U.S. military service
Senator Duckworth shakes hands with Veterans at the Village of Norridge’s Memorial Day Ceremony.
CBS News: NATO allies welcome Trump’s Poland troop announcement, but say messaging “confusing indeed”
U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth joining Stephen Colbert on the Late Show.
Page 1 of Senators’ letter to FAA
CBS News: ICE releases the wife of U.S. Army soldier and Afghanistan veteran after monthlong detention
The New York Times: To Open the Strait of Hormuz, Trump Wants to Blockade Iran. Experts Are Skeptical.
Trump Truth Social post
CBS News: Senate Democrat demands that TSA lift its "shoes-on" policy, calling it a "reckless" safety risk
NPR: Trump's VA killed a home loan program. Vets are now losing their homes because of it
The New York Times: Pentagon Weighs Using Anti-Drone Lasers in Washington Airspace
New York Times: Hegseth Strikes Two Black and Two Female Officers From Promotion List
CNN: Veterans Affairs employee airlifted after being shot at Georgia VA clinic. The suspect is dead
CBS EXCLUSIVE: Dozens of U.S. servicemembers in Kuwait suffered serious injuries, including burns, brain trauma and shrapnel wounds, sources say
ABC News: Many military members may get care at hospitals at risk of financial distress — partly due to Trump cuts
Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington
Senator Duckworth holds Rev. Jesse Jackson’s hand during the Juneteenth March for Us parade in Chicago in 2021.
A letter led by U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), along with her Senate Democratic colleagues, demanding that Secretary of State Marco Rubio immediately ramp up communication and efforts to safely evacuate American citizens who have been left stranded in a crisis of Trump’s own making in the Middle East.
Washington Post: In rare move, Veterans Affairs pulls back on controversial disability rule
Stars & Stripes: VA files notice to immediately revoke disability rating rule after backlash from veterans
Military Times: VA halts implementation of controversial disability rating rule following backlash
VA Secretary Doug Collins statement announcing that, effective immediately, VA is halting enforcement of the interim final rule, Evaluative Rating: Impact of Medication.
Stars & Stripes: Veterans slam new VA rule for determining disability ratings
CQ: Senate Dems demand VA reverse ‘cruel’ abortion ban
AP: Trump’s EPA revokes scientific finding that underpinned US fight against climate change