In a complaint to the Iowa Civil Rights Commission, Bagby claims she was driven out of City Hall for bringing harassment and ...

Happy birthday Abraham Lincoln. He’s 216. The McLean County Museum of History is hallmarking Lincoln’s Feb. 12 birthday with the start of a coloring contest to celebrate Lincoln and work on a mural ...

Illinois politicians across the state are reacting to former state legislator Michael Madigan’s convictions. A jury convicted ...

"I'm really disappointed," House Freedom Caucus member Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., told USA TODAY. He said he's urging Arrington to require $2.5 trillion in cuts, which he said would be the minimum ...

In an extract from The Conversation’s new book on democracy, we chart the origins of the parties that dominate politics today ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell was the lone dissenting voice amongst his fellow Republican Senate members in the vote to confirm Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence.

The Senate cleared a procedural hurdle Wednesday to approve Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services ...

The Illinois Democrat once lauded as the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history has been found guilty of some charges in a mixed verdict at his federal corruption trial in Chicago.

Congressional Republican leadership is rightly optimistic about their chances to pass crypto legislation. However, their ...

The Senate voted Wednesday, to confirm former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence.

America’s early leaders were worried not only about demagogues like Donald Trump, but about the rise of an antidemocratic, ...