Donald Trump

A top Illinois election board official said the courts — not the election board — would determine if Trump’s ties to the insurrection disqualify him from being on the ballot.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker called the state a ‘beacon for national success’ when it comes to the 2024 elections.

Former President Donald Trump was indicted Tuesday on charges he led a web of conspiracies, with the ultimate goal of overturning the 2020 election results.

Former President Donald Trump was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury on four counts related to efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, according to court documents.

The former president has been indicted on seven counts, including willful retention of information related to national defense and at least one false statements charge, a source tells NPR.

The criminal charges — a historic first against a sitting or former president — are the culmination of an investigation into hush-money payments that Trump paid to cover up an alleged affair.

On the Democratic side, Durbin cautions against political violence disrupting the legal process.

The charges, which are expected to be released in coming days, make Trump the first former president in United States history to be criminally indicted.

The former president helped Republicans cruise to statewide victories twice — but some at the Missouri GOP celebration in Springfield doubt that he can win a general election next year.

Schmitt will encounter a completely different political world than he did during his time in state offices.