Illinois has a Democratic trifecta and a Democratic triplex. The Democratic Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state legislature. As ...

Democratic governors on Thursday slammed President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard and Marines to California ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison but his allies now run the Illinois House ...

Welcome to the unofficial kickoff of the 2028 Democrat presidential primary, live from the Oversight Committee,” said GOP Rep ...

Amid unrest in California, Republicans on the House Oversight Committee pressed the governors of three blue states on their ...

Melissa Hortman was the Minnesota House's top Democrat and as House speaker helped shepherd a package of liberal initiatives ...

Melissa Hortman, a Democratic state representative, and her husband were fatally shot on Saturday morning. John A. Hoffman, a ...

Democrats and Republicans alike said they are horrified by the shootings early Saturday of two Minnesota lawmakers and their ...

A former U.S. congresswoman is not supporting her soon-to-be ex-daughter-in-law's run for Senate to replace longtime Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL).

"I am truly sorry for putting the people of the state of Illinois through this. I tried to do my best to serve the people of ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Three prominent Democratic U.S. governors face a grilling on Thursday from a Republican-led U.S. House ...

Michael Madigan, once the most powerful figure in Illinois politics, was sentenced to seven and a half years in federal ...