The Republican-led Congress is testing the popularity of Department of Government Efficiency spending cuts this week by aiming to pass President Donald Trump’s request to claw ...

Facing uproar in his MAGA base over the Jeffrey Epstein files, President Donald Trump continues to try to shift blame for the ...

With food stamps no longer protected by the decades-old farm bill coalition, millions are likely to go hungry while Big Ag is ...

The retirement of longtime Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin has set up a competitive primary for U.S. Senate in Illinois. The ...

The “presidential lean” of a state can, over time, help us quantify its political trajectory.— Much of the Heartland and Midwest has come to lean more to the GOP over the past two decades, though the ...

Illinois State Comptroller Susana Mendoza will not run for reelection. Mendoza announced she will finish her term. She has ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is gaining some key backing on Capitol Hill from Republican senators. They fear the repercussions if President Donald Trump follows through with threats to try ...

The National Urban League has declared a "state of emergency" over civil rights policies in response to the Trump ...

FOX 32's Paris Schutz has the latest on politics in Chicago, the state of Illinois, and across the nation. Russia strikes ...

The quarterly reports submitted to the Federal Elections Commission shed light on how candidates are spending money as well ...

State Farm is raising home insurance rates 27% due to inflation and severe weather, saying it's been spending more than it's ...