Douglas County leaders from across the law enforcement, judicial and political spectrum held a press conference on Wednesday ...

Director of National Intelligence-designate Tulsi Gabbard survived a key Senate procedural vote on Monday night, taking a ...

Nearly every day since President Donald Trump entered office three weeks ago, he has convened a huddle in the West Wing with ...

WASHINGTON – Republican skepticism in the Senate of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees has been worn down, putting his ...

It’s a slip, not a fall,” Abraham Lincoln said after his loss in his legendary 1858 Illinois Senate contest against Stephen Douglas. Liz Cheney apparently has the same attitude after her ...

History Knox Mark Sebastian Jordan authors a column on Knox County history MOUNT VERNON — In the history business, we often trace the origin points of later prominent figures and emphasize their roots ...

Winchester, Illinois, known for Stephen Douglas and dentistry pioneer George Black, also witnessed a post-Civil War lynching.

A local state senator has introduced a bill that could make major changes to Ohio’s adult-use marijuana law. If the bill passes, it would change several aspects of the law, including the number ...

On Saturday, State Sen. Stephen Chan was sworn in to represent southern Brooklyn’s 17th Senate District, becoming the first Asian-American Republican to hold the state Senate seat. At the New Utrecht ...

Vice President JD Vance swore in Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense after he broke the tie in the Senate vote and confirmed Hegseth by 51-50. Photo: Ron Sachs/Press Pool WASHINGTON—Pete ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate advanced President Trump’s nomination of Pete Hegseth as the nation’s Defense secretary on Thursday on a largely party-line vote, despite grave objections from ...

Ashley Moody was sworn in as a U.S. senator on Tuesday evening, replacing Marco Rubio, who was sworn in earlier in the day as the next secretary of state. Moody, 49, becomes the second woman to ...