Politics

Illinois lawmakers are speaking out after a tense White House meeting Friday between President Donald Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

President Donald Trump’s tense Oval Office meeting with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the latest in a history of heated presidential clashes with world leaders.

The U.S. has never had an official language across its nearly 250-year history.

James Mendrick, who has served as the elected sheriff of DuPage County since 2018, declared his candidacy for governor of Illinois on Thursday.

Duckworth—an Iraq War veteran and double amputee—accused Trump of firing more veterans from federal jobs than any previous president.

A suburban city council has officially approved a ban on certain THC products.

Five years after his release from prison, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich still isn’t letting go of his conviction—and he now wants retribution.

Chief Justice John Roberts has temporarily halted a lower court order requiring the Trump administration to unfreeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid.

Preliminary reports attribute pilot error to a near-collision between a Southwest Airlines 737 and a private jet at Chicago's Midway International Airport.

President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order directing the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to review federal spending, scrutinize contracts, and eliminate waste.

The latest round of Illinois' Medical Debt Relief Program has erased more than $220 million in medical debt for 170,000 residents across the state.

President Donald Trump met with his Cabinet for the first time since taking office for a second term. Elon Musk was also in attendance.

Egg prices are going to get much worse this year, the Agriculture Department predicts. Here’s what they’re saying.

Weeks of committee hearings to hammer out the bill's details before it heads to the Senate for a final vote are still ahead.