Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of Iran’s slain supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been named as his replacement.

The four most competitive Democratic congressional primaries in Illinois has witnessed a massive influx of cash from direct campaign contributions and outside political action committee spending.

Two of President Trump’s nominees to the Supreme Court joined the chief justice and the high court’s liberal flank in striking down the bulk of Trump’s sweeping tariffs, cast as the most significant ...

When U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin announced last April he would not seek a sixth term, he created the state’s first open U.S. Senate ...

The congressional districting plan Gov. Mike Kehoe approved in September would move western Jefferson County from Congressional District 3 to Congressional District 2.

The slate of candidates for this year’s Georgia elections is now set, sparking a fierce competition before primaries in two months and general elections in November. Voters will have many choices up ...

Internal Supreme Court divisions over how the high court has frequently ruled in favor of the Trump administration in ...

In a rare joint appearance, Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Brett M. Kavanaugh offered sharply different views on how the ...

Supreme Court Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Brett Kavanaugh sparred over the many emergency orders the court has issued ...

The court rarely grants certiorari to in forma pauperis petitions filed by plaintiffs. The court receives many applications requesting this, but only a small percentage are granted. A 2009 study by ...