The Education Department's civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration's layoffs.

Trump's cuts to the Department of Education are part of a nearly long crusade by conservative Christian groups.

At the Illinois Holocaust Museum, soon to undergo a major renovation, a heart-tugging special exhibit in Skokie explores the ...

Scouring the political landscape and the Democrat’s ludicrous response to Trump’s boffo congressional speech Tuesday, the ...

An executive order from the desk of then-President Franklin Roosevelt. The notorious Order 9066 paved the way for imprisoning citizens, declaring the West Coast a war zone and thus permitting it to be ...

Mike Matejka remembers the School House Rock song "Three Ring Circus," and calls for a balance of power in Washington.

Live updates and the latest news as U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum kick in and the Senate turns to a government funding ...

For decades, Republican lawmakers and industry lobbyists have tried to chip away at the small program in the Environmental ...

How a Catholic university is preparing the next generation of air traffic controllers to manage the sky and keep travelers ...

They’re trying to undermine the foundations for doing any kind of regulation,” said an environmental law expert.

A 1957 photo features the tollbooth on Alton's Old Clark Bridge, where tolls ranged from 30 cents to $2. The bridge was ...