Darren Bailey Wins Second Chance to Challenge Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker

Toni Preckwinkle, a progressive Democrat and four-term incumbent, won her party’s nomination for another four years as president of the...

Don Tracy Wins Republican Senate Primary in Illinois

Don Tracy, a Republican former state party chair who casts himself a political bridge builder, won his party’s Senate primary...

Postmaster General Appeals for Help Avoiding Financial Disaster. Lawmakers Instead Focused on Waste.

David Steiner, the postmaster general, said at a hearing in Washington on Tuesday that the U.S. Postal Service would be...

Cuban Americans Will Be Allowed to Own Businesses in Cuba, but Is That Enough?

Diana Sainz and her husband, Andrea Gallina, invested big a decade ago when Cuba made a push toward allowing private...

U.S. Says Anthropic Is an ‘Unacceptable’ National Security Risk

The U.S. government said on Tuesday that it had deemed the artificial intelligence company Anthropic an “unacceptable risk” to national...

Donna Miller Beats Jesse Jackson Jr. in House Primary

Donna Miller, a Cook County commissioner and a former health care consultant, won a Democratic House primary in the Chicago...

Year After Trump Takeover, Institute of Peace Is Little More Than Scenery

When staff members at the U.S. Institute of Peace locked themselves inside their Washington headquarters last March to try to...

In His Resignation Letter, Joe Kent Spoke About the Death of His Wife

In his resignation letter on Tuesday, Joe Kent, a top counterterrorism official, criticized the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. But he...

When to Expect Primary Election Results From Illinois

Compared with some states, Illinois has a relatively speedy vote-counting process. Voters can expect to see results late Tuesday evening,...

5 Things to Know About Juliana Stratton

Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton of Illinois, a progressive former state lawmaker and daughter of Chicago’s South Side, is one of...

No Trump Pick as Deadline Locks In Texas Senate Race

President Trump let a key filing deadline pass on Tuesday without endorsing a candidate in Texas’ Senate race, locking in...

5 Things to Know About Robin Kelly

Representative Robin Kelly of Illinois, a former mental health counselor and onetime Democratic state party chair, is one of three...

Trump’s Next Decision: Whether to Retrieve Iran’s Nuclear Fuel, Whatever the Risk

Repeatedly over the past two days, President Trump returned to his central argument for his decision to attack Iran, and...

5 Things to Know About Raja Krishnamoorthi