JD Vance converted to Catholicism and five years later the Republican Party coronated him as its choice for vice president, a culmination of the deepening affinity between conservatives in the church ...

CHICAGO — It was a well-known aphorism during former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s record 36 years in power that while others in the state’s political realm were merely playing ...

Initially developed by Hall in 1811, the rifle emerged as a standout concept in an era dominated by smoothbore muskets and, to a lesser degree, muzzleloading rifles. Its subsequent production ...