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President Bush's re-election campaign defends its new TV ads invoking the president's leadership after the Sept. 11 attacks. The spots have angered several relatives of victims of the 2001 attacks. Jonathan Vigliotti of member station WFUV reports.

Fifth-term Republican Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania harkens back to another era in the Senate, when both parties had members who felt most at home in the political center. Specter's seniority has made him chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, putting him in the middle of the fight over the federal judiciary.

Washington, D.C.'s performing arts center was named for President Kennedy after his assassination. But his vision for the arts as a cornerstone of democracy was shared by Eisenhower and Johnson.

Illinois Republicans are reviving plans to sell and redevelop the James R. Thompson Center, claiming their proposal for the 16-story Chicago building,…

Shunning the formalities of his office and focusing on poverty, Pope Francis is drawing a sharp contrast between his 2-month-old papacy and those of his predecessors.

The spotlight is on Sen. John McCain at the Republican National Convention in Saint Paul, Minn., as he accepts the Republican nomination for president. McCain's speech will promote his "straight-talking" image and its format plays to his strengths.

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin formally accepts her party's vice presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. Her teenage daughter's pregnancy and other controversies have done little to dim Palin's appeal among Republicans.

Though lawmakers failed to advance data center regulations in the POWER Act this spring, some leaders plan to continue negotiations with stakeholders and to hold listening sessions with constituents throughout the summer.

Illinois' U.S. senators and governor are weighing in on the aftermath of the U.S. troop withdrawal in Afghanistan and the American-backed government's subsequent rapid fall to the Taliban.

Central Illinois agencies are chipping in to assist relief efforts in Louisiana following Hurricane Ida.