The Democratic Party realizes it needs to regroup after its losses in November. How to do that has become a bone of ...

America has become 20 percent poorer in the last four weeks, a Republican donor has said. Ken Griffin, the founder and CEO of ...

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin announces he won’t seek another term — setting off a scramble for the rare open seat. And Mayor Brandon ...

The billionaire governor’s backing could help Stratton preempt a long line of statewide political heavyweights jockeying for ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Governor JB Pritzker endorsed Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton for U.S. Senate Friday. The governor made the announcement in front of BrightStar Church on the South Side ...

Durbin's decision was a tacit acknowledgment that, at the age of 80, it's time to step away from the day-to-day grind of ...

Doug Belkin covers higher education and national news out of the Chicago bureau of The Wall Street Journal.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) is an oft-mentioned 2028 Democratic presidential candidate in what will be an open White House race.

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders' tour headlined with this word has drawn more than 107,000 Americans in blue and deep-red states ...

Gov. JB Pritzker has made his choice for who he'd like to replace retiring Sen. Dick Durbin: Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton. Why ...