COLUMN: The story of B. F. Shaw reveals his remarkable role in Illinois’ opposition to slavery, the history of the Republican party, and Dixon’s relationship with Abraham Lincoln.

The U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran has thrust the Strait of Hormuz once again into the crosshairs of a geopolitical conflict. Nearly all traffic has ground to a halt in the waterway that connects the ...

Democrats are divided on how to define the party’s image and platform heading into the midterms, with some warning opposition to the White House has become a su ...

All four Democrats on a House committee opposed advancing a measure pertaining to authorizing land for the construction of the Women's History Museum.

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has officially filed to run for governor, joining Democrat Mullins McLeod in the race.

The party still refuses to prioritize the most important parts of its agenda and make the case that they’re worth paying for.

Major airport delays today are ticking up amid the DHS shutdown 2026. Does the Senate vote today to end the shutdown? Here's partial shutdown updates.

When President Donald Trump returned to office last year, he launched a crusade to shift the country away from renewable ...

A survivor of the Khmer Rouge genocide, Howard fled Cambodia and came to the United States at the age of 11. The Lowell Democrat won a special election for the First Middlesex District on March 3, ...

The late Jürgen Habermas saw Europe as a vehicle for a social democratic, postnational politics. But as the real European Union increasingly diverged from this ideal, Habermas’s thinking failed to ...