President Donald Trump and other Republicans have long criticized states that take weeks to count their ballots after ...

In recent decades, American presidential elections have been decided by a small handful of swing states — places where the ...

The “presidential lean” of a state can, over time, tell us something about how it is trending.— Though 2004 and 2024 produced similar topline national results, there has been some significant change ...

The death toll from flash floods that raged through central Texas rose to 70 after searchers found more bodies.

An Illinois village has voted to purchase the childhood home of the first American pope, with a trustee saying the ...

The first two years of NASCAR’s Chicago Street Race were accented by rain, but maybe the third edition will be a charm for ...

On the other, a cohort of fast-money global investors who are worried about rising government debt loads around the world and wield the power to send borrowing costs surging if their confidence is ...

State Sen. Mike Halpin, D-Rock Island, supported a lot of aspects of this years state budget but shared he ultimately voted ...

Banking for now on an outdated EPA rule from the first Trump administration, the city with the most lead service lines in the ...

The first two years of NASCAR’s Chicago Street Race were accented by rain, but maybe the third edition will be a charm for fans and drivers. The race weekend, which has drawn mixed reaction from ...