As she worked the campaign trail more than a year ago, Cook County state’s attorney hopeful Eileen O’Neill Burke made a promise to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

Leaders We Deserve, co-founded by David Hogg, announced launching an effort to primary “out-of-touch, ineffective” House ...

For now, candidates are anxiously awaiting word from both Gov. JB Pritzker and Sen. Dick Durbin, but the behind-the-scenes ...

Hopefuls were already staking their claims Wednesday to vie for three major property tax offices on the 2026 ballot: county assessor and two seats on the county’s Board of Review.

Last week’s Illinois Supreme Court decision dismissing a Republican challenge to the state’s gerrymandered legislative maps prompted two common public reactions.

David Hogg, the first member of Gen Z to serve as vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, is putting millions toward ...

Some of the Democratic Party’s core political groups are preparing for the possibility President Donald Trump’s allies may ...

Former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway compared sports commentator Stephen A. Smith to former President Obama and President Trump, explaining they were all “political outsiders.”  Conway joined Fox ...

"Let’s hope other institutions follow suit," former President Obama says after President Trump retaliated against the university.

Illinois governor with long track record of standing up to Donald Trump suggests he could make a bid for the White House ...

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said Monday that he has no plans to return a Maryland man wrongfully deported to a prison ...

U.S. Rep. Sean Casten’s trip is in line with national Democratic efforts to host ‘town halls’ in Republican districts.