WAND News sat down with Deering Wednesday to learn more about her goals and how she was influenced by former Rep. Dan Caulkins.

Trump used a raucous rally yesterday on the eve of his inauguration to promise swift Day 1 action remaking the federal government, shifting federal priorities at breakneck speed and ensuring that “the ...

Paul Simon Public Policy Institute Director John Shaw, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, has covered seven ...

The Polar Express that blasted into Washington for President Ronald Reagan’s second inaugural in 1985 forced the whole ...

Every president since Ronald Reagan has left a note for his successor, and President Joe Biden could be the first to write a ...

Ronald and Nancy Reagan were disappointed. That’s what White House press secretary Larry Speakes told reporters on Jan. 18, ...

President-elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office from inside the Capitol Rotunda on Monday due to forecasts of ...

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony will be held indoors Monday due to a dangerously cold weather forecast for the nation's capital. Trump and Vice President-elect JD ...

A massive embezzlement scandal, orchestrated by the city’s comptroller and treasurer, Rita Crundwell, shook the community to ...

Jimmy Carter, whose official state funeral will be held Thursday in Washington, D.C., was introduced to Chicago at a South Shore church during the 1976 presidential campaign. He later returned to work ...

Pritzker described the upcoming budget as “challenging” but added that since taking office, he’s addressed a number of fiscal crises in Illinois. “We are doing the best that we can to try ...