Former Republican Tennessee state Sen. Brian Kelsey, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate campaign finance law, was ...

The pardon by Trump came after the top pardon attorney at the DOJ said she had been fired after restoring the gun rights of ...

Although Democrats are out of power in D.C., anxious Illinoisans want lawmakers to step up to block Donald Trump initiatives.

Some residents of rural Illinois and Oregon are hoping to ditch their states and either join neighboring ones or create whole ...

The plan to fire about 1,378 employees will undermine the department’s ability to perform work mandated by federal law, the ...

Here's what recent polls are saying in U.S. and Illinois, plus comparisons to approval for past presidents and Trump's first term.

Gov. JB Pritzker warned at an Illinois Education Association convention Thursday that cuts to federal education funding could “damage the future of the people of Illinois,” shortly ...

Although most Illinois public school students test below grade level in reading and math, Gov. J.B. Pritzker is touting his administration’s record spending on public education.

Trump is moving to cut the staff by half and dismantle the department. He’s also going after DEI in higher education and ...

Officials from Chicago and Illinois are sounding the alarm as the U.S. Department of Education plans to lay off about half of ...