In a conversation with Tim Alberta at The Atlantic Festival, former Vice President Mike Pence discussed his conservatism, the ...

Muhammad Ali had given the card to Rasheda’s mother, Belinda Boyd, who took the name Khalilah Ali. Khalilah handed down the ...

He was young and vibrant, the spokesman for a new generation. But when he was gunned down, there was some cheering amid the widespread shock.

History shows the loss of a charismatic leader can propel a political movement into something even more powerful – or mark ...

As Illinois mourns the weekend passing of the rarest of politicians — bipartisan former Gov. Jim Edgar — Editor Jeff ...

Presidents Lincoln (1865), Garfield (1881), McKinley (1901) and Kennedy (1963) all died by an assassin’s bullet. Gerald Ford ...

The fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk this week on a Utah college campus marks the latest example of violence tearing through American politics across centuries and the ideological ...

The tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, left a sense of united grief among many Americans. Can we feel that way again after the shooting death of Charlie Kirk?

I try to stay away from national issues in this column because, after all, this is a “local” column but sometimes I have to step out of my wheelhouse and speak — not as an expert but as a ...

Amid a spike of political violence, leaders of civility initiatives have a message for Americans: Do not despair. It’s time to get to work. The nation is still feeling the after ...

Charlie Kirk built his career exercising free speech, an act protected by the Constitution. His death is a sign of America's growing political divide.

Let’s start with the big question about Donald Trump’s second administration, which is, are we or have we slipped into a ...