WASHINGTON - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot will be asking voters for a second term leading one of the nation's biggest cities. Republicans will try to take full control of the Virginia Legislature. Governors' mansions are up for election in Louisiana...

NEW YORK - The Republican Party quickly and forcefully rallied behind Donald Trump in the hours after federal agents seized classified documents from his Florida estate this summer. Four months later, that sense of intensity and urgency was missing ...

A Schaumburg-based national educational executive search firm will help find Superintendent David Schuler's replacement in Northwest Suburban High School District 214. Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates will be paid a fee equal to 20% of the new supe...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken's surprise announcement last July lacked any detail, but its meaning was crystal clear. In a rare comment on secret talks, he said the Biden administration had made a "substantial proposal" to Russ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Donald Trump's attacks on fellow Republican David McCormick contributed to the former hedge fund manager's loss in Pennsylvania's Senate primary. Now, as McCormick considers running again for the Senate, Trump's derision may not be...

Two incumbent Arlington Heights trustees this week declared intentions to seek reelection to the elected panel that is expected to see some turnover next year. Robin LaBedz, a nine-year trustee and the current president pro tem, and Tom Schwingbeck,...

NEW YORK (AP) - Democrats celebrating a successful effort to keep control of the U.S. Senate this year will soon confront a 2024 campaign that could prove more challenging. The party enters the next cycle defending 23 seats, including two held by in...

Think back five years to the frenzy of news reporting and commentary over what was called Trump-Russia "collusion" - the allegation that the 2016 Trump campaign conspired with Russia to fix the presidential election. Most of the coverage, and especi...

MIAMI (AP) - Republicans had placed hopes on a roster of Latina candidates around the country as they looked to make gains with Latino voters in a midterm election that some had predicted would yield sweeping GOP victories. The verdict was mixed. Wh...