Category Archives: Chicago's Election Headquarters

By Tom Kludt, CNN Donald Trump said Tuesday he would support raising the federal minimum wage to $10 an hour, a departure from his previous assertion that wages are “too high.” The Republi...

By Brian Stelter, CNN (PHILADELPHIA) The Democrats are ahead of the Republicans in the convention ratings race. Monday’s broadcast and cable coverage of the DNC averaged 26 million viewers, acco...

By Jeremy Diamond, CNN Donald Trump slammed Democrats on Tuesday for not once mentioning ISIS on the first day of the Democratic National Convention and accused his rival party of creating the terrori...

By Eugene Scott, CNN Politicians across party lines, celebrities and activists praised Michelle Obama for her Democratic National Convention speech, with some saying the remarks “embodied everyt...

By Sunlen Serfaty (CNN) Hillary Clinton is calling on her biggest advocate Tuesday night. When former President Bill Clinton takes the stage in Philadelphia he’ll do so this time embracing his n...

By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Libertarian Presidential Candidate Gary Johnson says he is fighting to be taken seriously by national news organizations, who have focused most of their attentio...

By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Illinois U.S. Senator Dick Durbin is reacting to the Democratic National Committee email hacking scandal involving outgoing party chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz....

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - State attorneys have asked a federal judge to stay a ruling allowing people to vote without photo identification pending an appeal. U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman in Milwaukee i...

CHICAGO (AP) - The Illinois Supreme Court has agreed to quickly consider a case challenging the constitutionality of a ballot measure that could change the way Illinois draws political boundaries. The...

By Theodore Schleifer, Eugene Scott and Jeff Zeleny (CNN) Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz will not speak at or preside over the party’s convention this week, a ...