It looks -- and sounds -- like Tom DeLay is done with politics, at least the electoral kind. And not just because of his slightly better-than-expected performance on the season debut of "Dancing With ...

Opting to use what Texas politicians called a nuclear option, Democratic members of the Texas House of Representatives left for Chicago on Sunday under threat of fines and arrest to deny Republicans ...

CHICAGO—After two terrible elections when independent voters turned away from the GOP and the party lost control of the White House and the Senate, Republicans finally have a little spring back in ...

Illinois Republican leaders are mostly supporting President Trump's proposal to bring the National Guard to Chicago to fight crime. The big picture: While Chicago is majority-Democratic, downstate ...

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