CHICAGO (WLS) -- Senator Mark Kirk and Congressman Bob Dold received a boost from Mitt Romney Wednesday as the former Republican presidential nominee was in Chicago for a couple of fundraisers. Romney ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago Tribune endorsed Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth over Senator Mark Kirk in the race for the U.S. Senate, citing the incumbent's stroke in making their choice. The Republican ...

A new round of attack ads on Sen. Mark Kirk launched Tuesday. The Sierra Club is behind the campaign. They're upset Sen. Kirk didn't vote in favor of the Clean Power Plan, which deals with pollution ...

What complicates this decision is that simmering issue of trust. Kirk inexplicably embellished his distinguished military career. Giannoulias has had a disturbing approach-avoidance conflict with his ...

Like a cover-up that is worse than the crime, Mark Kirk's explanation for flip-flopping on controversial "cap-and-trade" legislation is worse than the flip-flop itself. "I voted for it because it was ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk has left the Chicago hospital where he was treated after his stroke last month and has been transferred to a rehabilitation center. Dr. Richard Harvey of the ...

Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk suffered a stroke Saturday night and underwent surgery Monday to relieve swelling around his brain. A statement from Kirk's office said the surgery was successful and that ...

Kirk defeated Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias in one of the nation's ugliest and most closely watched Senate races. Giannoulias faced attacks over his family's failed bank, which gave loans to ...