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.

The Cross River State Education Commissioner, Senator Stephen Odey, has disclosed that the state government invested N399.7m in the enrollment of 14,804 secondary school students to enable them to ...

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 ...

Senator Gary Peters of Michigan announced on Tuesday that he would not run for re-election in 2026, forcing Democrats to defend an open seat in a battleground state that President Trump won in ...

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 ...