George Washington was uneasy about the idea of commemorating his life. He was the first leader of a new republic, not a king. And yet the U.S. will once again ...

Nebraskans living along the project will receive an amount equal to 10 cents per ton of carbon dioxide transported through ...

The South African-born hand of King Trump is doing the leader’s bidding, and their twin ambitions are proving very hard to ...

Here's why Nebraska is particularly vulnerable to the economic sting of President Donald Trump's tariffs and retaliations.

Trump said it's payback for Biden doing the same to him in 2021. "JOE, YOU'RE FIRED. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" he posted on ...

A churro shop in Pilsen closed its doors yesterday. So did a Mexican grocer in Chicago Heights. The owner of several Mexican restaurants in Elgin, himself the son of immigrants, shut his business for ...

Illinois' Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker has banned Capitol rioters ... After he was elected president in November, the governor promised to protect his state's residents in an X post.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has directed his state’s hiring authority to prohibit the employment of anyone who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol ... aim at those recently ...

CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker wants to block those who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol from working in Illinois government, despite the clemency granted to over ...

Durbin of Illinois ... Times Kash Patel, President Trump’s choice to run the F.B.I., has a history of courting conspiracy theorists who espouse the dangers of the “deep state,” including ...

Smyre becomes just the seventh African American to have an official portrait hanging here in the state Capitol. The first was Martin Luther King Jr., back in 1974 – the same year Smyre was elected.

Retired state Rep. Calvin Smyre of Columbus poses next to his portrait before it was hung in the Georgia Capitol ... d planned to serve 50 years, but President Joe Biden had nominated him as ...