Just 43 days after Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle introduced the spending plan that closed a $102.6 million gap ...

Texts from the Border Patrol agent who fired at Martinez revealed he apparently bragged about the shooting to others, stating ...

Patty Garcia, 40, is likely to be the only Democrat on the March ballot, but could face a serious challenge during next November’s general election.

President Donald Trump seems to be scaling back his ambition to repeal and replace the law. But he is struggling to ease ...

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings had ordered the release of as many as 615 people based on a 2022 consent decree ...

The change is the latest move by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to revisit — and foster uncertainty about — ...

These two recent cases are bringing renewed attention to the treatment of Black pregnant women and igniting conversations around medical racism.

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Lawrence Reed, 50, was charged in a federal complaint Wednesday with a terrorist attack on a mass transportation system, two ...

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to stay an order issued by U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis that sought to rein ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposal to impose $623 million in new taxes on the wealthiest Chicagoans and largest firms remains ...