The renewed focus on retail theft from Cook County’s top prosecutor has gone national. State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke ...

California U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly removed after he interrupted a Los Angeles press conference on immigration by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. He began shouting over her before ...

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including elections at the DNC and in ...

Votes won’t count for Democrat Daniel Blackman in the June 17 primary election for Georgia Public Service Commission after a judge ruled Tuesday that Blackman hadn’t ...

A bill passed in this year’s legislative session would rewrite the definition of a “forcible felony” to allow Illinois State ...

Legislation would allow farmers to sell their poultry at farmers markets, roadside stands and through delivery ...

Trump’s move to commandeer control of the troops to thwart protests over ICE raids in LA is exceedingly rare in modern American political history. Not since the civil rights era of 1965 has a U.S.

Creating the Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge, an 11,200-acre sanctuary spanning from northern Illinois to southern ...

Almost 22% of U.S. residents age 5 and older spoke a language other than English at home, double the share from four decades ...

Federal Appeals Judge Nancy Maldonado said the six-year "pattern of inaction" on Steven Lindsey's case in Porter County is ...

Elgin, has announced she will seek reelection to her District 22 post rather than make a bid next year for the Congressional ...