Venezuela defeated the United States 3-2 in the World Baseball Classic on Tuesday night. It was the country’s first championship in the international baseball tournament.  Team USA was flat for most of the game, trailing 2-0 heading into the eighth inning. Bryce Harper then hit a two-run home run to tie the game, setting up […]

Evanston Mayor Daniel Bliss defeated two strong competitors in the Democratic primary to replace longtime Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) in Illinois’s 9th District on Tuesday night. The Associated Press called the race for Bliss at 10:36 p.m., over two hours after the polls closed. Bliss won with 29.6% of the vote, with progressive Kat Abughazaleh […]

Nebraska‘s secretary of state booted a Democratic U.S. Senate candidate off the 2026 ballot after the state’s Republican Party argued the candidate did not intend to actually serve in the role. Democrat Cindy Burbank will no longer be in the running for the Senate seat, Secretary of State Bob Evnen, a Republican, confirmed to the […]

Illinois Democratic Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton defeated nine competitors to secure the Democratic nomination for Senate on Tuesday night, a win for Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) in a primary race that drew in millions of dollars in spending. The Associated Press called the race for Stratton at 10:38 p.m., over two hours after the polls […]