A small group of Oak Park mothers, whose children attend Beye Elementary School, have called on its faculty to sow hate and fear of students from non-traditional families.

After being hospitalized for a fifth heart attack, former Vice President Dick Cheney lost his health insurance, will have to sell his three houses to pay medical bills and may wind up homeless.

Republican lawmakers bolted from a healthcare summit with President Barack Obama on Thursday after objecting to the president’s choice of cufflinks.

The online auction site eBay announced a joint venture with the federal government on Monday in which all members of Congress will be listed for sale to the highest bidder.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin had to flee the first ever “Tea Party” convention Saturday as attendees turned on her during her keynote speech and chased her from the hall...

Responding to political pressure to ease up on credit to consumers and small business owners, the nation’s largest banks will instead offer an olive branch in the form of boxes of Crackerjacks.

President Barack Obama’s annual State of the Union speech caused al Qaeda and other terrorist groups to announce they will be giving up their weapons and their cause.

A defiant Democratic Cook County Board president candidate Dorothy Brown vowed Monday that she would continue shaking down her employees for cash.

After days of cowering in their Capitol Hill offices, Democratic congressional leaders indicated Monday they were ready to surrender their agenda, ideals and offices.

Administrators at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire struggled to reopen after nearly their entire student body was turned into a mass of infants over the recent winter vacation.

Several Republicans have called for increased terror attacks on the U.S. in the hopes of helping their chances in this year’s congressional elections and politically weakening President Barack Obama.

Governor Pat Quinn vowed that there would be no end to his efforts at pretending to clean up state government.