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Senior Democrat calls for Trump ally and far-right political figure Joe Kent to testify after resigning from his post A senior Democrat has called on Joe Kent, director of the US National Counterterrorism Center and a far-right political figure, to testify to Congress about why he resigned from his job over the war on Iran. … Read more

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker was always on a glide path to his third Democratic nomination for governor ever since he announced he would seek re-election.

Cook County commissioner Donna Miller has won the Democratic primary in Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District, NBC News projects, a victory that puts an end to former Rep.

Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton has won the Democratic Senate primary in Illinois, NBC News projects, vaulting ahead of two members of Congress with a boost from Gov.

As Gov. JB Pritzker aims to make history as the first Democrat to win three terms as Illinois governor, the potential 2028 presidential contender now knows which Republican challenger he’ll face off against in this year’s election. Former state Sen. Darren Bailey on Tuesday topped three rivals to win the Republican gubernatorial nomination, the Associated … Read more

Illinois Republicans on Tuesday selected Don Tracy as their nominee for the open U.S. Senate seat created by Sen. Dick Durbin’s retirement, sending them into a general election race in a state Democrats have long dominated at the federal level. Former Illinois GOP Chair Don Tracy entered the race as one of the best-known Republicans … Read more

President Trump slammed the former director of the National Counterterrorism Center who resigned in protest over the war with Iran as “weak on security.” NBC News’ Gabe Gutierrez reports.

Republican appointee rules attempts to shutter federal agency are illegal and mandates workers return by 23 March A Republican-appointed federal judge has ordered that more than 1,000 Voice of America (VOA) employees be reinstated after a Trump administration order effectively dismantled the radio network, triggering mass layoffs. In two separate rulings made Tuesday, the US … Read more

President Donald Trump on Tuesday blasted mail-in voting as “corrupt as hell” as the SAVE America Act heads to the Senate floor for debate. Trump made the remarks during the Shamrock Bowl presentation with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin, telling the crowd “the biggest thing coming up is the SAVE America Act in the Senate.” … Read more

Postmaster general David Steiner has called for change to federal law that caps USPS’s borrowing at $15bn The US Postal Service will run out of funds within a year, unless lawmakers lift a cap on how much money the agency can borrow, according to the postmaster general. In an interview with the Associated Press, David … Read more