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His spot as the1952 Republican vice presidential nominee was threatened by accusations of improprieties relating to a fund established by his backers to reimburse him for his political expenses.

When Glenview resident Laura Fine ended a 14-year career as a political science professor, she ended up in the classroom again getting schooled in Illinois lawmaking.

In January 2009, President Barack Obama signed three executive orders on detention policy, including one directing Guantanamo Bay's closure.

Zachary Fardon , a Latham & Watkins partner who chairs its Chicago litigation department, was nominated Thursday to serve as the Northern District of Illinois U.S. attorney.

President Barack Obama delivers a speech on his administration's counterterrorism policy at the National Defense University located on Fort McNair in Washington, D.C., on May 23, 2013.

Congresswoman Robin Kelly voted today to keep college within reach for Illinois students by voting against H.R.1911, also known as the Smarter Solutions for Students Act.

President Barack Obama wants to roll back some of the most controversial aspects of the U.S. "war on terror," but efforts to alter the global fight against Islamist militants will face the usual hurdle at home: staunch opposition from Republicans in Congress.

Boy, it sure makes a primary or election contest easier when your opponent pulls out, don't you think? Barack Obama has been managing to do that since he won the Democratic nomination for state senator in Illinois in 1996, and it helps explain the IRS harassment of conservatives and Tea Party groups since 2010.

Chicago is an ethnically diverse city and I can prove it with a book. The title of the book is "The Chicago Area Ethnic Handbook: A Guide To The Cultures and Traditions of our Region's Diverse Communities by Jeryl Levin and Cynthia Linton." In 1997, the Illinois Ethnic Coalition , published the first edition of The Ethnic Handbook: A Guide to the ... (more)

Greater than the risk of being accused of criminality in the three scandals now gripping the Obama administration is the peril that the president's substantive agenda is being hopelessly knocked off track.

Kid President is back with a solution to fix global sadness. Hint: It includes dance parties, and everyone in the world recording themselves laughing and uploading it to YouTube.

President Barack Obama is outlining a narrowing terror threat that still imperils the nation but is now defined by smaller networks and homegrown extremists rather than the grandiose plots of al-Qaida. Speaking at the National Defense University today, Obama argued that changing threats require changes to the nation's counterterrorism policies.

I hope everyone who reads my column understands that whatever economic recovery Americans have experienced in the last five years is entirely due to the Democratic elected officials in Congress and the various states.

Members of Boy Scouts of America's National Council voted to end a policy that bars openly gay boys from becoming Scouts Thursday, according to Associated Press reports.

President Obama talked at length about detainee policy today but don't expect Mumia to be freed anytime soon.

Well here's something fun: TIME has acquired previously unpublished photos of a 17-year-old Barack Obama preparing for his senior prom: "Barry spent his days at the Punahou School in Hawaii studying, shooting hoops and goofing off with his friends," TIME notes.

The Illinois Senate agreed Thursday to create a state-governed "health insurance exchange" where individuals and small businesses could shop for coverage as required by President Barack Obama 's health law.

Sen. Ted Cruz speaks while Chairman Dick Durbin listens during a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Rights hearing on April 2013 in Washington, D.C. A feud between Sen.

The Obama administration has picked a private attorney and former federal prosecutor who helped send former Illinois Gov.

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis has threatened to defeat Mayor Rahm Emanuel in 2015 at the polls for a second-term for the closing of forty-nine schools.