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At 83 years old, Bernie Sanders has emerged as an unlikely leader of the Democratic resistance to Donald Trump

President Trump isn’t ruling out the possibility of a recession this year

Some members of the Ukrainian community are concerned that a peace deal with Russia would only benefit Vladimir Putin

U.S. employers added solid 151,000 jobs last month, but the outlook is cloudy as President Trump threatens a trade war, purges the federal workforce and promises to deport millions of immigrants

Scrambling to replace their health insurance and to find new work, some laid-off federal workers are running into another unexpected unpleasantry: Relatives cheering their firing

President Donald Trump on Thursday postponed 25% tariffs on many imports from Mexico and some imports from Canada for a month amid widespread fears of the economic fallout

Ripple effects of the Trump administration's crackdown on U.S. medical research promise to reach every corner of America

Veterans who have been abruptly fired from federal jobs say they feel betrayed by the Trump administration's dramatic downsizing of government

Tom Weitzel examines whether Trump administration policies will benefit the law enforcement community

President Donald Trump is granting a one-month exemption on his stiff new tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada for U.S. automakers, amid fears that the trade war could harm U.S. manufacturers

A sharply divided Supreme Court has rejected a Trump administration push to rebuke a federal judge who imposed a quick deadline to release billions of dollars in foreign aid

President Donald Trump has vowed to keep up his campaign of “swift and unrelenting action” in reorienting the nation’s economy, immigration and foreign policy in his address to Congress

Stocks racked up more losses on Wall Street Tuesday as a trade war between the U.S. and its key trading partners escalated, wiping out all the gains since Election Day for the S&P 500

Brenda Stewart, a farm owner in Pembroke Township, received grant funding through the state. She told Capitol News Illinois she is most worried about the people who depend on her farm and the grant program to eat healthy

The Trump administration has stopped reimbursing Illinois for a program designed to help farmers and supply fresh food to Illinois food banks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says last week’s Oval Office blowup with U.S. President Donald Trump was “regrettable,” and he adds: “It is time to make things right.”

President Donald Trump’s long-threatened tariffs against Canada and Mexico have gone into effect, kicking off a trade war with America's neighbors

Ukrainians are alarmed and apprehensive about a U.S. decision to pause military aid critical to their fight against Russia’s invasion, as a rift deepens between Kyiv and Washington

President Donald Trump will stand before a joint session of Congress to give an accounting of his turbulent first weeks in office as a divided nation struggles to keep pace

The U.S. Cyber Command is pausing its offensive operations against Russia

President Donald Trump says 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada will start Tuesday, sparking renewed fears of a North American trade war

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says he could take government spending out of his agency's reports on gross domestic product

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance berated Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Ukraine’s leader sought security guarantees as the U.S. tries to bring an end to the Russia-Ukraine war

Illinois is highly dependent on oil and gas from Canada, meaning consumers could be in line for higher energy and gas prices due to tariffs. About 72% of Illinois’ imports, or $47.4 billion, from Canada in 2023 was oil and gas

Local home construction businesses are bracing for a fair bit of uncertainty as proposed tariffs on a wide range of building materials are leaving many unknowns.

President Donald Trump says he plans to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico starting next Tuesday, in addition to doubling the 10% universal tariff charged on imports from China

The U.S. Agriculture Department predicts record egg prices could soar more than 40% in 2025, as the Trump administration offered the first new details Wednesday about its plan to battle bird flu and ease costs

The Trump administration says it is eliminating more than 90% of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s foreign aid contracts and $60 billion in overall U.S. assistance around the world

The Illinois State Board of Education is not telling schools to stop any diversity, equity and inclusion lessons or programs, the state’s education chief told a House committee this week

Over 250 people gathered in front of Sterling’s Grandon Civic Center and post office on Tuesday to peacefully protest against President Trump and Department of Government Efficiency head Elon Musk.

Wheaton College has become embroiled in the national debate about the actions of President Donald Trump.

House Republicans have muscled their budget blueprint to passage, with a push from President Donald Trump

The White House said Tuesday that its officials “will decide” which news outlets can regularly cover President Donald Trump up close — a sharp break from a century of tradition

Nearly 40% of the federal contracts President Donald Trump's administration claims to have canceled as part of its signature cost-cutting program aren’t expected to save any money

President Donald Trump said Monday that his tariffs on Canada and Mexico are starting next month, ending a monthlong suspension on the planned import taxes that could potentially hurt economic growth and worsen inflation

President Donald Trump is backing Elon Musk’s demand that federal employees explain their recent accomplishments or risk getting fired

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a contentious U.S. proposal that would have seen $500 billion worth of profits from Ukrainian rare minerals given to the United States as compensation for its wartime assistance to Kyiv has been taken off the table

Without solidified legislation, funding is in limbo. Farmers rely on crop insurance funding from the farm bill, which protects farmers from losses in crop yields and revenue due to disasters like drought and severe weather events

President Donald Trump has abruptly fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr. as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

A federal judge has largely blocked sweeping executive orders from President Donald Trump that sought to end government support for programs promoting diversity, equity and inclusion

A federal judge in Washington has allowed President Donald Trump’s mass firings of federal workers to move forward

“I cannot imagine a worse choice,” Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., told colleagues before the 51-49 vote

Trump undercut the Senate GOP’s efforts on Wednesday, calling on both chambers to pass the House budget resolution

President Donald Trump’s restrictions on foreign aid and targeting of a key agency funding programs around the world may be offering an opening to America’s biggest adversary — China

The Trump administration is falsely claiming tens of millions of dead people over 100 years old are receiving improper Social Security payments

The Trump administration has designated eight Latin American crime organizations as “foreign terrorist organizations,” upping its pressure on cartels operating in the U.S. and on anyone aiding them

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused President Donald Trump of living in a Russian-made “disinformation space.”

Kennedy’s remarks were delivered during a welcome ceremony for the new health secretary at the agency’s headquarters in Washington as a measles outbreak among mostly unvaccinated people raged in West Texas

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan found that there are legitimate questions about Musk’s authority, but said there isn’t evidence of the kind of grave legal harm that would justify a temporary restraining order.

The Trump administration is giving America’s schools and universities two weeks to eliminate diversity initiatives or risk losing federal money