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Official election results confirm that German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives have won — but they finished short of an absolute majority. The likeliest outcome is a Merkel-led coalition with the Social Democrats.

Tea Party Republicans are trying to make a comeback and have found one candidate to get behind for the Senate in 2016 — Florida's Ron DeSantis, a former JAG Corps lawyer and Yale baseball captain.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the president's chief medical adviser and the nation's top infectious disease official, is urging Americans to limit their gatherings to household members on Super Bowl Sunday.

NPR's A Martinez talks to GOP Rep. Dusty Johnson of South Dakota about the process involving eight different candidates for speaker, and if there's a front runner who can bring Republicans together

Commentator Andrea Bernstein [BERN-stine] notes that one of the ways the just-concluded GOP convention differed from its 1992 predecessor was its position on homosexuality. In 1992, she says, one speaker after another took pot-shots at gays and lesbians; this time around, the GOP's stand on gays in the military, same-sex marriage and other issues were kept in the platform and off the stage.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Thursday, October 7, 2021. Our top story is about how Peoria-area federal lawmakers are pointing at each other's parties for delays in raising the debt limit and passing an infrastructure package. You’ll also hear about how OSF HealthCare's new headquarters is slated to open in the historic Block and Kuhl building come January 2022.

This will be the 13th time in the DNC's history that Chicago will host a convention. Democrats nodded toward the "Blue Wall" of Midwestern states they need to win in 2024.

On Sunday, Vladimir Putin won the Russian presidential election by a landslide. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly was in Moscow to witness the late-night celebrations of another six years of Putin in power.

Malcolm Turnbull was booted from his seat by conservatives in his party. It's the 4th time in the past decade that the country has removed its prime minister. Scott Morrison is the new prime minister.

Raja Krishnamoorthi told Capitol News Illinois in an interview that Democrats must make addressing affordability their top priority in the 2026 election. It’s particularly true, he said, as Democrats found themselves on the losing end of a battle in Congress with Republicans over a proposal to slash spending on social service programs like food stamps.