Politics

The price of a gallon of diesel fuel is shown electronically on a pump at a QuikTrip station Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, in Greenwood Village, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Trump strikes deal with Putin to get diesel

By Michelle L. Price

October 9, 2026 at 6:26 p.m.

Trump’s shocking announcement was in stark contrast to a sweeping Russia sanctions law he signed...

Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks at a City Club of Chicago event at Maggiano's Banquets on Sept. 30, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson vetoes debt issuance rule backed by aldermen

By Jake Sheridan

October 9, 2026 at 6:06 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson issued a veto late Friday to an ordinance passed by aldermen to...

The Cook County Board of Commissioners meets in the County Board room on Oct. 5, 2023. (Trent Sprague/baiduhai)

Appointed Democrat Kisha McCaskill faces Republican Richard Nolan in Cook County Board 5th District

By Evy Lewis

October 9, 2026 at 12:04 p.m.

Democrat Kisha McCaskill, appointed last year in Cook County's 5th Dist, faces Republican Richard Nolan...

Election workers process mail-in ballots at the Board of Elections in Chicago on March 22, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Illinois joins lawsuit to block Postal Service from deciding mail-in voting eligibility

By Rick Pearson

August 26, 2026 at 5:14 p.m.

Illinois joined with two dozen other states in suing to block President Donald Trump from...

Trump says the US doesn’t need Canada. The economy says otherwise.

By Rob Gillies

August 26, 2026 at 3:54 p.m.

Canada is the United States’ second-largest trading partner after Mexico and energy is at the...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks to the audience during a town hall on Feb. 3, 2026, at the South Shore Cultural Center. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson orders vendors to disclose immigration enforcement contracts

By Alice Yin

August 26, 2026 at 6:03 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Wednesday requiring city vendors disclose work done for...

Palestinians walk past a food-aid warehouse damaged in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a nearby house in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Iran warns of military ship ban in Hormuz under potential deal with Oman and other Middle East news

By Associated Press

August 26, 2026 at 7:52 a.m.

Iran will not allow military vessels to transit through the Strait of Hormuz under an...

Minister of Finance and National Revenue Francois-Philippe Champagne speaks at a news conference on Canada’s response to U.S. tariffs, at a roofing company in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)

The US and Canada could pull back from an all-out trade war. It’s not clear that they will.

By Rob Gillies

August 26, 2026 at 7:49 a.m.

The U.S. and Canada have ramped up their trade war, hitting each other with steep...

Oak Lawn police observe public comment from members of the Arab American community during the Oak Lawn Village Board meeting Aug. 25, 2026. Activists allege an Oak Lawn officer put a teen in a chokehold during an Aug. 5 public meeting. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Arab American activists rally outside Oak Lawn Village Hall, say police placed 14-year-old in chokehold

By Olivia Stevens

August 26, 2026 at 4:07 p.m.

Nearly 100 people rallied outside the Oak Lawn Village Hall before Tuesday's Village Board meeting,...

A young anti-war demonstrator confronts National Guard troops who formed a barricade to keep protesters in Grant Park during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968. (baiduhai historical photo)

Today in Chicago History: 1968 Democratic National Convention begins with ‘the whole world watching’

By Kori Rumore

August 26, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Aug. 26, according...

U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., left, looks on as Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., speaks during a debate ahead of the special GOP Senate runoff election to replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., in Newberry, S.C., Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Sen. Darline Graham wins GOP primary runoff to replace late brother Lindsey Graham in US Senate

By Meg Kinnard

August 25, 2026 at 8:44 p.m.

U.S. Sen. Darline Graham won the Republican nomination to replace her late brother Lindsey Graham...

People look out across Lake Ontario from the harbor in Toronto, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (Keito Newman/The Canadian Press via AP)

Trump mulls renaming Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America.’ Canadians balk at the idea.

By Bill Barrow

August 25, 2026 at 3:38 p.m.

With his trade war with Canada intensifying, President Donald Trump floated the idea of renaming...

In this photo courtesy of Katherine Delgado shows her step-father Luis Manuel Aviles, left, and her brother Joshua Aviles stand outside their home in Oct. 2025, shortly before Joshua deployed on the USS Lincoln the following month in Key West, Fla. (Katherine Delgado via the AP)

Father of Navy sailor aboard USS Lincoln released from immigration custody

By Safiyah Riddle

August 25, 2026 at 3:21 p.m.

The father of a U.S. Navy sailor who has been deployed in the Middle East...