In the 1850s and 1860s, Kilgubbin was often mentioned in the pages of the Tribune and other Chicago newspapers. The name ...

The Biden administration had challenged a Republican-led redistricting plan that diluted the political power of minorities.

Last November, the new majority-Black 6th district voted in U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields. The district, in its previous, ...

Despite some gains, the data highlight stagnation and, in some areas, backsliding in women’s political representation. The 2025 “Women in Politics” map serves as a stark reminder that without decisive ...

Under Biden, the government had challenged Texas’ GOP-led redrawing of legislative districts that diluted the political power ...

Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) defied House Democratic leadership Tuesday when he voted for the GOP’s bill to avert a government shutdown — the only one in the caucus to support the stopgap. Golden’s ...

New Hampshire's Shaheen, who turned 78 in January, was the first woman elected to serve as both a governor and senator in the ...

N.H. will not seek reelection next year, a decision that will end the longtime senator's historic political career and deals a significant blow to Democrats who were already ...

Drawing on data from the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist, Newsweek has created this map to show countries on the Human Rights ...

Big donors including Elon Musk's PACs are entering the partisan battle for the court's majority. A strict voter ID law also ...

Conservatives have challenged the drawing of some Black-majority congressional districts ahead of the 2026 midterms ...

Project 2025, a 922-page blueprint for a second Trump administration prepared by the Heritage Foundation, has been implemented by Trump’s administration, including firing 30,000 federal ...