Cook County Democrats spurn endorsement for judge who handled Smollett case

Mayor Lori Lightfoot is suggesting local Democratic Party committeemen made a mistake today when they voted to dump a respected judge on the retention ballot this fall.

Kid Rock headlines campaign event in Macomb County alongside Donald Trump Jr.

Campaigning for the president, Kid Rock is hopping on the election trail as he headlined a Make America Great Again! event with Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle, the campaign finance chair and girlfriend of the president's son.

Illinois anticipates 'record year' of mail-in voting ballots
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Matt Dietrich from the Illinois State Board of Elections talks about the mail-in voting process this year in the Land of Lincoln.

14 states ask federal judge to reverse changes at US Postal Service

A group of states suing over service cuts at the U.S. Postal Service is asking a federal judge to immediately undo some of them, saying the integrity of the upcoming election is at stake.

Twitter says it will label or remove misleading claims on election results

The new rule includes attempts at undermining people's faith in the process itself, such as false claims about election rigging or ballot tampering, or about the outcome of the election.

Biden-Harris campaign seeks to win over Animal Crossing island voters

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris see a potential target market in the popular Nintendo game, which had sold more than 22.4 million copies as of August.

Senate Democrats block GOP's slimmed-down coronavirus relief bill

The 52-47 vote fell well short of what was needed to overcome a filibuster and seems likely to end hopes for coronavirus relief before the November election.

Trump releases list of 20 possible Supreme Court picks, including Tom Cotton and Ted Cruz

The release is aimed at replicating a strategy Trump used during his 2016 campaign, when he released a similar list of could-be judges in a bid to win over conservative and evangelical voters.

Bob Woodward says Trump told him of COVID-19: ‘I wanted to always play it down’

President Donald Trump seemed to understand the severity of the coronavirus threat even as he was telling the nation that the virus was no worse than the seasonal flu and insisting that the U.S. government had it totally under control, according to a new book by journalist Bob Woodward.

US House to investigate DeJoy possible campaign law violations

It’s not illegal to encourage employees to contribute to candidates, but it is illegal to reimburse them as a way of avoiding federal campaign contribution limits.

Illinois passes 1 million mail in ballot requests and counting

More than 1 million Illinoisans have applied to vote by mail for the November election, roughly triple the number of the last presidential contest in 2016.

Illinois mail in ballot requests pass 1 million and counting

More than 1 million Illinoisans have applied to vote by mail for the November election, roughly triple the number of the last presidential contest in 2016.

President Trump to campaign in battleground states, Florida and North Carolina, on Tuesday

The White House says Trump will stop in Jupiter, Florida, on Tuesday to remind voters there of his conservation and environmental protection efforts in the Everglades region.