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JB Pritzker, Democrat and critic of Trump administration, signed order saying he wants to protect ‘dignity and privacy’Illinois governor, JB Pritzker, has signed a first-in-the-nation executive order to block the federal government from collecting pers…
Pope Leo XIV voted in Democratic primaries in 2008 and 2010 and in three Republican primaries in the years that followed, state records show.
Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson hails home town cardinal as Donald Trump and others offer congratulationsNew pope chosen: latest updatesAmericans are celebrating and speaking out after US cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo XIV…
Joseph Czuba, 73, killed Muslim boy and severely injured his mother in vicious attack days after war in Gaza beganAn Illinois landlord who killed a six-year-old Muslim boy and severely injured his mother in a vicious hate-crime attack days after the wa…
Education department says school program to improve Black academic performance violates 1964 Civil Rights ActUS politics live – latest updatesThe US Department of Education has launched an investigation into Chicago public schools over allegations that…
People organize in nearly 1,000 cities with focus on rallying against Trump administration and ‘billionaire profiteers’Protesters rallied nationwide on Thursday in support of workers’ and immigrants’ rights in the latest round of demonstrations against…
Several injured after vehicle hit three people during after-school program and one more before exiting other sideFour children, between the ages of four and 18, were killed and several others injured when a car barreled through a building that housed a…
Illinois senator, 80, plans to leave office in 2027 at end of term, so voters will elect his replacement in midtermsUS politics live – latest updatesDick Durbin, the second-highest ranking Democrat in the US Senate, announced he will not seek re-electi…
Kat Abughazaleh has been critical of what she describes as Democrats’ lack of vision and says the party has lost touch with many of its voters, especially young peopleKat Abughazaleh, a 26-year-old progressive TikTok star, wants to do campaigns differe…
Dangerous weather comes after Trump administration job cuts left nearly half of offices with 20% vacancy ratesDonald Trump on Friday approved an emergency declaration for Kentucky as the central US braces for what experts in the region have warned coul…