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People attend to a wounded person, during a clash with law enforcement, on Aug. 25, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

In closely divided Kenosha, Trump’s law-and-order message hits unexpectedly close to home after Jacob Blake shooting

September 21, 2020 at 12:57 p.m.

As a longtime activist calling for racial and social equality in his hometown, Isaac Wallner has been moved in recent days by the large street protests demanding justice in the...

2 dead, 1 injured as gunshots ring out in Kenosha during night protests over Jacob Blake police shooting: cops

August 26, 2020 at 11:04 a.m.

KENOSHA, Wis. — Two people are dead and one was seriously injured in Kenosha after gunfire broke out in the middle of a crowd of protesters during the third night...

A Republican National Convention delegate waves to other delegates before the convention Aug. 24, 2020, in the Richardson Ballroom at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.

State GOP chair: Republicans are party of law and order, Democrats a party of lawlessness

August 24, 2020 at 7:42 p.m.

Illinois Republican Chairman Tim Schneider used the first day of the GOP's national convention to declare Republicans as a party of law and order and Democrats one of promoting lawlessness...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker is greeted by Comptroller Susana Mendoza before his budget address at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield on Feb. 19, 2020.

Illinois Democrats resurrect Bruce Rauner to counter attacks on House Speaker Michael Madigan, party leadership

August 21, 2020 at 7:22 p.m.

Illinois Democrats concluded their virtual national convention with a ready response to counter divisions over their leadership — focus on unifying around defeating Republican President Donald Trump. It's the same...

Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg speaks during a campaign event leading up to the Iowa caucuses at St. Ambrose University on Jan. 31, 2020, in Davenport, Iowa.

In DNC speech, Pete Buttigieg highlights his marriage as proof change can come with ‘political courage’

August 21, 2020 at 6:26 p.m.

Standing in the furniture factory-turned-events space where he celebrated his wedding to husband Chasten two years ago, Pete Buttigieg pointed to the progress on gay rights during his 38-year lifetime...

Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris and their spouses, Jill Biden and Douglas Emhoff, after Biden formally accepted his party's presidential nomination in Wilmington, Del., on Aug. 20, 2020.

In DNC speech, Sen. Tammy Duckworth assails Trump as ‘coward-in-chief’

August 21, 2020 at 8:41 a.m.

In a live prime-time speech overlooking the U.S. Capitol, Illinois U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth seized her high-profile moment at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night by launching an offensive...

President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Mariotti Building Products, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, in Old Forge, Pa.

President Trump invokes ‘blood-stained sidewalks of Chicago’ in attack on Joe Biden

August 20, 2020 at 8:54 p.m.

In what has become a near-daily occurrence recently, President Donald Trump invoked Chicago's inability to tamp down violent crime in a preemptive attack against Joe Biden just hours before the...

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, and his wife Jill Biden, are shown on large screens outside the venue where Biden spoke at the conclusion of the final day of the Democratic National Convention, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del.

At DNC, Obama says Trump using presidency like a ‘reality show’ to get ‘the attention he craves’

August 20, 2020 at 12:09 p.m.

Former President Barack Obama delivered an unsparing attack on President Donald Trump at the virtual Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night, accusing his successor of using the nation's highest office...

Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton addresses members of the audience after being sworn into office at the Bank of Springfield Center on Jan. 14, 2019, in Springfield, Ill.

Illinois Democrats promote racial, social justice at DNC but face divisions on role of policing

August 19, 2020 at 8:54 p.m.

Illinois Democrats focused on racial and social justice on the third day of the party's virtual national convention on Wednesday, branding President Donald Trump as a "racist" who has worked...

Then-Chicago mayoral candidate Carol Moseley Braun participates in a debate at WGN-TV in Chicago in 2011. Moseley Braun, the first Black woman elected to the Senate, announced the Illinois delegation's official nominating votes for former Vice President Joe Biden on Aug. 18, 2020.

Illinois Democrats celebrate women leaders at virtual convention, take aim at ‘bully boy’ Trump

August 18, 2020 at 9:31 p.m.

The Illinois delegation to the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday celebrated its wide array of female leaders, many of whom gave speeches commemorating the 100th anniversary of women gaining the...

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