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The president and first lady participated in the Thursday evening ceremony, a tradition dating back to 1923.

With Chicago’s budget deadline weeks away, Mayor Brandon Johnson is flatly rejecting an alternative spending plan advanced by several aldermen.

Federal officers are in the city for an operation aimed at enforcing the Trump administration’s immigration policies.

Former President Barack Obama's much-maligned presidential center will officially open in June in Chicago after years of delays and protests, the former president revealed.

Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife have been pardoned for federal bribery and conspiracy charges by President Donald Trump.

Mayor Johnson defended his corporate head tax proposal while blasting another plan from a group of aldermen.

Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell announced a record $6.25 billion pledge to support up to 25 million American children by expanding participation in the new "Trump Accounts."

The Agriculture Secretary said the department would be withholding benefits to states because of requests for names and immigration status of aid recipients being denied.

President Donald Trump said he does not want people from Somalia in the United States, saying Somalis "ripped off" the state of Minnesota and "contribute to nothing."

During a cabinet meeting on December 2, President Donald Trump said the U.S. is collecting "trillions of dollars" from tariffs and that part of this money would be returned to citizens as dividend refund checks in 2026.