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

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

When Gov. JB Pritzker tells audiences how he became interested in politics, it often starts with stories about his mother. As ...

Democrats are increasingly saying that simply unwinding Trump’s policies isn’t enough. But there are still broad ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...