Only the president of the United States has control over the military. That means President Joe Biden will remain the commander in chief until either Trump or Harris is likely inaugurated on Jan. 20, ...

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum celebrated the 20th anniversary of the library’s opening to the public.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Louisville Metro Police (LMPD) officer is being hailed a hero after he saved a man from jumping off a bridge on Oct. 9. Body camera the department released during a biweekly news ...

Over the past 100 years, right-wing politicians have used racist tropes to stoke white fears of being powerless.

The U.S. Supreme Court weighed oral arguments Wednesday in a case over how a century-old law is applied to decide Department ...

WASHINGTON -- If he wins next month's election, Donald Trump would be the oldest person in U.S. history to be elected ...

The “Standing Lincoln” monument — which sits near the Chicago History Museum in the city’s Lincoln Park neighborhood — was ...

Former President Donald Trump says troops should be used to go after "radical left lunatics" to handle any Election Day chaos. Can he do that legally?

Chief David Michaels' calm leadership was cited for keeping the department together after the line-of-duty deaths of two ...

Springfield, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln’s home town, was, in 1908, a working-class city of just under 50,000 people – about the same size as its modern counterpart in Ohio.

The roughly 100 men and women who oversee elections in Illinois — both Democrats and Republicans — have launched a voter ...

Blanketed by thick smoke, Sangamon Street was blocked off by numerous firefighters, some of whom responded from more than 30 ...