Politics

Requiem for the American Dream: A nation in search of its past, with fragile hopes for its future

October 25, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

There are a lot of ghosts here, but they’re the kinds of hauntings that we...

October 25, 2026 at 5:10 a.m.

Moraine Valley is asking voters for a tax increase to fund public safety program facilities...

October 25, 2026 at 5:07 a.m.

An advisory referendum will ask Oak Park voters to weigh in on if the state...

October 25, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The saga over where the future home of the Chicago Bears has become about more...

October 25, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Patrick Hynes, who ousted his former boss Fritz Kaegi in the Democratic primary, faces Libertarian...

October 24, 2026 at 7:10 p.m.

President Donald Trump cast his ballot for the midterm elections in Palm Beach on Saturday,...

October 24, 2026 at 6:29 p.m.

In 2022, Democrat Wiley Nickel ran as a moderate and narrowly won North Carolina's13th Congressional...

October 24, 2026 at 2:05 p.m.

Assistant Police Chief Ted Uzelac, a Republican former Portage City Council member, is challenging longtime...

October 24, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

A proposal to eliminate races about race, ethnicity and sexual orientation from the U.S. census...

October 23, 2026 at 8:20 p.m.

President Donald Trump says U.S. warships returning from Iran could stop in Cuba.