Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is trying to be ubiquitous at a moment when Democrats nationally are stumbling for their footing.

Top Illinois elected officials are fighting back against potential Medicaid cuts that could affect millions of people. Gov. JB Pritzker, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, and other Illinois members of Congress joined staff at University of Illinois Mile Square Health Center on the Near West Side on Friday to deliver a message to President Trump and Congressional Republicans: "hands off Medicaid.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker on Friday warned that neither his state nor others across the country could make up for the potential loss of billions of dollars if President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans slash Medicaid funding.