Ukraine aid

The Senate has passed $95 billion in war aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, sending the legislation to President Joe Biden after months of delays and debate over how involved the United States should be in foreign wars

With overwhelming support, the House approved the Ukraine portion, a $61 billion aid package, in a strong showing of American backing as lawmakers race to deliver a fresh round of U.S. support to the war-torn ally.

With rare bipartisan momentum, the House pushed ahead Friday on a foreign aid package of $95 billion for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

House Speaker Mike Johnson has unveiled a complicated proposal for passing wartime aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan

The Senate has passed a $95.3 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after almost a week of debate and growing political divisions in the Republican Party over the role of the United States abroad

The proposal would overhaul the asylum system with faster and tougher enforcement, as well as give presidents new powers to immediately expel migrants if authorities become overwhelmed with the number of people applying for asylum

Sam Tsymbaliuk has traveled a long way to get to her home with Sue Shukstor in Shorewood, going from her home in the Zhytomyr Oblast, or state, in Ukraine to Florida before finding herself in the more familiar climate of an Illinois winter.

President Joe Biden declared it is “vital for America’s national security” for Israel and Ukraine to succeed in their wars, making the case Thursday night for deepening U.S. involvement in two unpredictable foreign conflicts as he prepared to ask for billions of dollars in milit

A firetruck donated by the City of Sterling gets to work in Ukraine. Even though the engine is more than 20 years old, the city of Odessa is changing the way it fights fires to take advantage of the technology available with the machine, Chris Manson, founder of US Ambulances for Ukraine, told the Sterling City Council.

A Sterling fire engine that hit the 20-year-mark and was replaced by a newer model is serving a new purpose in Odessa, Ukraine, where it is helping the embattled republic fight the war with Russia.

“Ukrainians will get far more benefit from this engine than anyone else ever will," says Sterling city manager.

A local group in Dixon helped Oleg, Oksana and their three children relocate from war torn Ukraine.

In one Crystal Lake social studies class, some students learned the meaning of “refugee” for the first time as schools and teachers try to tackle how to teach about the current war in Ukraine.

Proven Winners, a DeKalb-based company that operates as a nursery, landscaping and gardening center, recently collaborated with its international partner to buy a truck to help transport supplies in Poland to Ukraine.

Lee Newtson of Sycamore has built dollhouses since 1969, when he gifted his first creation to his youngest daughter. Now he’s putting his decades of experience to a good cause: a dollhouse raffle with proceeds benefiting the GlobalGiving Foundation for Ukraine.