3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (476+ words) (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court has blocked Missouri Republicans from moving forward with a U.S. House map that the state’s highest court had already invalidated ahead of the November election. In a brief unexplained order, and over no noted dissent by any…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (605+ words) (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he would give American adults a $5,000 “dividend” if Republicans kept the House and Senate in the midterm elections this fall, marking at least the second time he’s promised to use tariff revenue…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (350+ words) (WASHINGTON) — D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro vented frustration at reporters on Wednesday as she repeatedly refused to answer questions about a topic that has landed her in hot water with President Donald Trump: his demands that she revisit the now-dismissed…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (535+ words) (WASHINGTON) — Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch is stepping down from his position, the institution said Tuesday, after seven years of leading the world’s largest museum, education and research complex. “I have fought for as long as I can. I love this…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (297+ words) The electoral board hearing six objections to the nomination of Marion County Sheriff Anthony Decker will make their decision known on Friday morning. One of the three members of the board, Marion County Assistant State’s Attorney Ryan Martin, will write…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (873+ words) The changes could open new ways to self-ban through mail, online or through provider referrals BY CASEY TONER AND MAGGIE DOUGHERTY This story is a collaboration between Illinois Answers Project and Capitol News Illinois. Illinois gambling regulators are looking to…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (315+ words) The state welcomed 115 million visitors who spent over $50 billion CHICAGO — Illinois tourism reached new peaks last year, breaking records on visitor spending and generating over $88 billion in total economic impact, Gov. JB Pritzker’s office announced. The growth was driven by…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (451+ words) A 38-year-old Ohio man was arrested Sunday after allegedly “pushing his way” through a crowd at a fair where Amy Acton, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee in Ohio, was speaking, according to authorities. The suspect, identified by police as Patrick Havas,…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (496+ words) The Trump administration on Sunday filed another emergency appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to immediately implement new U.S. Postal Service mail ballot rules for November. The application is not meaningfully different from the request the administration filed on Sept. 3, but…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (687+ words) (WASHINGTON) — Officials in Texas’ third most populous county voted on Tuesday to reduce polling locations by 92. The move will see Tarrant County’s voting sites reduced from 316 in the 2022 midterm elections to 224 for this year’s elections. Tuesday’s vote took place during…...