CHICAGO — Former Rep. Melissa Bean won the Democratic primary for Illinois’ 8th District, cementing her political comeback in a solidly blue seat more than a decade after she left Congress. Bean, a moderate who served in the House from 2005 to 2011, defeated several progressive challengers on Tuesday in the race to replace Rep….
CHICAGO — Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss won Tuesday’s Democratic primary to succeed Rep. Jan Schakowsky, dealing a blow to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in a race that had turned into a referendum on the group’s ability to influence the party. Biss, whose mother is Israeli and whose grandparents are Holocaust survivors, has sharply…
CHICAGO — Democrats are now all but certain to elect another Black woman to the U.S. Senate after Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton won Tuesday’s bitter and expensive primary in Illinois. Stratton overcame a crowded Democratic contest for the state’s open Senate seat, defeating front-runner Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi with the help of millions of dollars of…
CHICAGO — Gov. JB Pritzker emerged as the kingmaker in deep-blue Illinois after pouring millions of dollars and staking his political reputation to deliver his hand-picked Senate candidate a primary victory on Tuesday. The result strengthens Pritzker’s standing within his party at a critical moment, as he prepares for a November gubernatorial campaign for his…
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee saw mixed results in the first major test of its political muscle in the midterms, drawing fresh recriminations from its foes — and some allies — for its interference in four competitive Illinois House primaries. Two of AIPAC’s supported candidates won their races Tuesday night, with Cook County Commissioner…
The world’s best sporting event is coming this summer, and it’s going to be bigger and better than ever. We’ll have 48 teams, supported by 48 passionate fan bases, filling stadiums across three countries – the U.S., Canada, and Mexico — at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Plenty of action on the pitch, but we’re…
The blockbuster deal the NFL world has been waiting for is the Philadelphia Eagles inevitably moving mercurial receiver A.J. Brown. But instead, the Denver Broncos got ahead of that market, acquiring productive receiver Jaylen Waddle from the rebuilding Miami Dolphins on Tuesday. According to multiple reports, the Broncos gave up the team’s first-round selection in…
Eight teams. Two world-class arenas. An NIL prize pool of $500,000 on the line.The 2026 College Basketball Crown bracket was revealed Monday afternoon on FS1’s “First Things First.” The second-year tournament features a loaded field made up of teams from the nation’s top basketball conferences. FOX Sports college basketball analyst LaPhonso Ellis joined Danny Parkins…
Two big pre-World Cup tests await the U.S. men’s national team later this month. And those games against Belgium (March 28) and Portugal (March 31) in Atlanta will go a long way toward clearing the picture of which players will be World Cup bound this summer. Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie and Chris Richards were among…
The man, the myth, the Lion. When it comes to mixing spectacular goals with iconic one-liners, Zlatan Ibrahimović is in a tier of his own. He retired as Sweden’s all-time leading scorer, but the man from Malmö made his mark in a career that spanned some of the most iconic clubs in Europe: Ajax, Barcelona,…
