Politics

Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff, listens as Vice President JD Vance speaks during a news conference on the Fraud Task Force inside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)

Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program, alleging fraud

By Rebecca Santana

October 8, 2026 at 10:43 a.m.

President Donald Trump’s administration is suspending tech giant Microsoft from a program to apply for...

President Donald Trump, center, attends the Super Bowl between the Eagles and Chiefs on Feb. 9, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Midterms won’t keep Donald Trump from attending Saturday’s Alabama-Georgia game. But a hurricane might.

By Will Weissert

October 8, 2026 at 9:25 a.m.

Donald Trump is really, really hoping the weather doesn’t stop him from going to another...

Will County government offices in downtown Joliet. (Daily Southtown file photo)

Will County 2nd District race is a repeat of 2022 for New Lenox, Manhattan voters

By Michelle Mullins

October 8, 2026 at 5:15 a.m.

In Will County’s District 2, incumbent Republicans Judy Ogalla and Frankie Pretzel are challenged by...

FILE – The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Aug. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to allow quick third-country deportations to continue

By Lindsay Whitehurst

September 24, 2026 at 3:28 p.m.

President Donald Trump's administration has asked the Supreme Court to allow continued quick deportations of...

State Rep. Theresa Mah and Cook County Commissioner John Daley attend a community meeting to discuss a proposed Amtrak maintenance facility in the Bridgeport neighborhood on Sept. 17, 2026, at the Carpenter Training Center in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Preckwinkle and Cook County Board, most aldermen oppose Amtrak-Ishbia plan

By A.D. Quig

September 24, 2026 at 7:55 p.m.

The Cook County Board Thursday opposed a proposed new Amtrak maintenance facility in Bridgeport tied...

Heidi Overton testifies during her nomination to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs at the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

President Trump’s FDA nominee voices support for vaccines at Senate hearing

By Matthew Perrone

September 24, 2026 at 3:02 p.m.

President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration is voicing support for...

Ald. Anthony Beale, 9th, speaks at the Chicago City Council meeting on Sept. 23, 2026. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Aldermen advance Chicago parking meter system sale

By Jake Sheridan

September 24, 2026 at 5:17 p.m.

Aldermen gave initial approval Thursday to the sale of Chicago’s infamously privatized parking meter system...

FILE – President Donald Trump, Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and others tour “Alligator Alcatraz,” a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, July 1, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

ICE is wasting tens of millions of dollars on ‘uninformed’ detention projects, report finds

By Ryan J. Foley

September 24, 2026 at 11:56 a.m.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other agencies have wasted tens of millions of dollars...

President Donald Trump, right, greets China’s President Xi Jinping on the South Portico of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

President Trump lays out the pomp for President Xi but says little about the significant tensions in US-China relations

By Aamer Madhani

September 24, 2026 at 5:50 p.m.

President Donald Trump on Thursday hailed the “truly great friendship” he has forged with Xi...

Anna Wittcoff exits the voting booth at the Chicago Loop Super Site, 137 S. State St., Chicago, on March 17, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Illinois voter guide to the 2026 midterm elections in November

By Kori Rumore

September 24, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Illinois voters will soon decide their party’s nominees for races at the federal and state...

A man fills out a ballot on the first day of early voting at the DuPage County Fairgrounds on Feb. 10, 2026, in Wheaton. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Early voting begins Thursday in collar counties but not until Oct. 1 in Chicago and Oct. 7 in suburban Cook

By Rick Pearson

September 24, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The launch of mail-in balloting in the collar counties and beyond in Illinois begins after...

People operate on a destroyed vehicle following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza city, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

President Trump’s Board of Peace proposes $2.45 billion blueprint to begin Gaza reconstruction

By Matthew Lee

September 23, 2026 at 9:21 p.m.

At a meeting of the group’s board in New York on the sidelines of the...

People wait to enter the traveling Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Bookmobile in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood on Sept. 23, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Bookmobile stops in Chicago

By Allison Kiehl

September 23, 2026 at 6:26 p.m.

A traveling bookmobile displaying the Jeffrey Epstein files stopped in Chicago's Andersonville neighborhood Wednesday as...