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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner is marking his one-year anniversary in office. Rauner campaigned on a promise to shake-up Springfield. And on that account, at…

At least a dozen Republicans are chasing the party's presidential nomination. But which of them will get a boost from Illinois' new, and privately…

CHICAGO (AP) - A top Republican fundraiser suggested that Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk should abandon his quest for re-election, but then quickly backtracked.…

Democratic Congressman Andy Kim challenged the state's powerful political machine and won in court and on the ground, making him the unlikely favorite in this November's Senate race.

In a dramatic day, a defection robbed Johnson's ruling Conservative Party of its single-seat majority in Parliament and lawmakers set the way to vote to prevent the U.K. from a no-deal Brexit.

Johnson was booed during the queen's Platinum Jubilee — the latest sign of intense public anger over his flouting of his own government's COVID-19 rules.

The U.N.-sponsored talks begin today in Geneva, five years into Syria's civil war. A message from the U.N. envoy for Syria hasn't necessarily helped matters.

Philip Gelb once toured with top musicians. Now he's a chef who hosts intimate dinner parties where the entertainment, by innovative world musicians, is as experimental as the ever-changing fare.

As Americans think about recession, a pandemic, racial justice, climate change and policing, many Trump voters (or potential Trump voters) bring up abortion in explaining their voting rationale.

NPR's Michel Martin asks Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut, top Democrat on the House Intelligence committee, about the Iranian attack on a U.S. airbase in Qatar.