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The latest information on Illinois’ congressional delegation and how Washington politicians will affect your life, including insightful analysis from Sun-Times White House bureau chief Lynn Sweet.
So many riders are hitting the rails that the railroad has added trains and extra cabs to them, Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner says.
About 15,000 members of the media are expected at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Aug. 19-22.
Calumet City Mayor Thaddeus Jones said, “You have to understand how devastating the Sept. 17 flooding was…some residents have lost everything in the house.”
Our conversation on the ‘At the Table’ show was pegged to the publication of Kinzinger’s memoir, ‘Renegade: Defending Democracy and Liberty in our Divided Country.’
Rahm Emanuel, the U.S. ambassador to Japan, was not at the cottage in Gordon Beach in southwest Michigan. He thanked law enforcement for its handling of the incident.
The syndicated financial columnist wants to get Social Security to end its practice of halting benefits in overpayment disputes. And that’s just a start.
Calling them ‘envoys of friendship between the Chinese and American peoples,’ President Xi Jinping of China signals that more pandas would be sent to the U.S.
President Joe Biden said that talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping yielded an agreement on curbing production of fentanyl and opening military-to-military communications.
Chicago native Rachel Goldberg, whose son Hersh Goldberg-Polin is held by Hamas, spoke at the rally: “We hostage families have lived the last 39 days in slow motion torment.”
The new rules leave compliance up to each justice. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Sonia Sotomayor have been under scrutiny for gifts, benefits, travel received from outside sources.
David DePape is accused of breaking into the Pelosi home and bludgeoning Paul Pelosi, days before the 2022 midterm election.
The policy was approved Monday after Chicago police investigated but took little action against cops with connections to far-right groups including the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers and Three Percenters.
Sen. Tim Scott, the Senate’s only Black Republican, announced his campaign in May but failed to build support in a race dominated by former President Donald Trump.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker joined the president, who called the union’s deals with automakers “game-changers” that will secure jobs and boost the economy.
The clinic opening comes amid a backlog of migrants in shelters awaiting housing through a state program. Quick access to work permits could change that.
Several justices, including Chief Justice John Roberts, seemed sympathetic toward James Rudisill, who says the VA thwarted his dream of attending Yale’s divinity school.
There were panels on journalism, economics, artificial intelligence and more and a speech by Barack Obama during the day. Friday night came a speech from the former first lady and an interview of the former president as part of the celebrations at McCormick Place.
This weekend, 2,500 members of “Obamaworld” gather in Chicago to mark the 15th anniversary of Barack Obama being elected president. I wasn’t invited, but I was there.
He’ll be joined by mayors from New York, Denver, Houston and Los Angeles Thursday at the White House.
International pressure for a lasting cease-fire is mounting. An Israeli ground invasion of the south to pursue Hamas will likely bring an escalating cost in Palestinian lives and destruction that the United States, Israel’s main ally, could be unwilling to bear.
For years, postal police patrolled the streets alongside letter carriers, protecting them and making arrests. But since 2020, postal police have been confined to USPS property as the number of thefts and attacks have risen.
“She just quietly went about the business of trying to make the world a better place,” said Elizabeth Laudig, who drove 12 hours from Dallas to pay her respects. “She was not a showy or extravagant first lady, but she was humble, you know, kind, hardworking, and got things done for people because she cared about people.”
Their partnership began as a small-town love story, then over 77 years of marriage led them to the Georgia governor’s office in 1970 and the White House in 1976. After that, it propelled the Carters through four decades as global humanitarians.
Pence becomes the first major candidate to leave a race that has been dominated by his former boss-turned-rival, Donald Trump.
Republicans hope electing Johnson will unite their fractious majority and end weeks of chaos by elevating a little-known conservative to one of the highest seats of U.S. power.
“To get invited to the table, you have to have that piece of paper,” says Freddie Ramos, who took out $20,000 in loans to pay for one son’s degree and is cutting back on expenses as a three-year payment pause ends.
In an Oval Office address, the president mourned the slaying of Chicago-area 6-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume and the stabbing of his mother, calling on Americans to denounce antisemitism and Islamophobia.
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