For a senator whose noteworthy place in American history is being the guy who replaced a future president by way of a governor who was headed to public scorn (and possibly prison), Roland Burris left ...

In the U.S. Senate’s 236-year history, only five Black women have ever served. 2025 saw Black women make history in the Senate. It was the first time two Black women — Sen. Angela Alsobrooks of ...

Congressional Black Caucus members, after a stinging loss in the Illinois Democratic Senate primary, are training their ire on Gov. JB Pritzker — and saying it’s on him to rehabilitate the ...

For those breathing a sigh of relief that America’s political season filled with non stop campaign ads, and name calling, was finally over, here’s some bad news. The nomination of Sen. John Kerry to ...

(CNN) — In the days after winning the Democratic nomination for Senate, Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton spoke to the two women with whom she could make history next year. “We both were just gleeful ...