Politics

FILE – Rolled coils of steel sit in the yard at the ArcelorMittal Dofasco steel plant in Hamilton, Ont., Aug. 20, 2026. (Nick Iwanyshyn /The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Republicans face midterm backlash from factory workers squeezed out of jobs by Trump’s tariffs

By Bernard Condon

October 11, 2026 at 9:44 a.m.

As if an unpopular war with Iran and persistent inflation were not enough trouble for...

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

Democrats challenge two Republican leaders in Will County District 4 race

By Michelle Mullins

October 11, 2026 at 7:15 a.m.

Incumbent Republicans Jim Richmond and Steve Balich face Democrats Sheri Boniecki-Cooling and William Pratt in...

Chicago school board incumbent Karen Zaccor District 4A, left, with challengers Ellen Sherratt, center, and Angel Alvarez respond to a questions during a forum in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood, Oct. 5, 2026. (Nate Swanson/for the baiduhai)

A North Side race tests competing visions for Chicago’s new elected school board

By Kate Armanini

October 11, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Two North Side candidates are in a race that has become a microcosm of a...

Gov. JB Pritzker talks with a supporter before taking the stage during Democrat Day at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield on Aug. 19, 2026. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Illinois Democrats tout party dominance at State Fair but it’s clouded by harassment scandal and fraud case

By Rick Pearson

August 19, 2026 at 8:02 p.m.

At the Illinois State Fair, Democrats' dominance fell against the backdrop of House scandals that...

Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc, left, and United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer speak to reporters in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, the day after the Trump administration temporarily delayed tariffs on Canada. (Kelly Geraldine Malone/The Canadian Press via AP)

President Trump says US and Canada have reached a ‘very fair’ trade agreement, but key terms remain unclear

By Rob Gillies

August 19, 2026 at 9:49 p.m.

Canada has dodged President Donald Trump’s threat of 50% tariffs — at least for now.

Heidi Overton, deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, speaks during a meeting to sign an executive order about vaccines, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

President Donald Trump picks Dr. Heidi Overton, a top White House aide, to lead the Food and Drug Administration

By Matthew Perrone

August 19, 2026 at 2:17 p.m.

Dr. Heidi Overton, a top White House aide, has been picked to lead the Food...

Executive assistant to the President Natalie Harp looks on as US President Donald Trump (off frame) signs an executive order about quantum computing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 22, 2026. President Trump signed two orders on quantum computing. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

President Donald Trump’s MAGA beauty standards ‘exhausting’ for press secretary, female staffers

By Martha Ross

August 19, 2026 at 8:46 a.m.

For Karoline Leavitt and other women working for Trump, the daily beauty routine can be...

Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds, center, waves next to his wife Erika, while standing on stage with their children Darin, left, Damon, second from left, and Mason during at a primary election party Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Americans have only elected 3 Black governors. This year, 8 major party candidates are on the ballot.

By Steven Sloan

August 19, 2026 at 8:36 a.m.

Across 250 years, only three elected governors out of thousands have been Black –- all...

FILE – Ukraine’s Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov speaks to journalists during a joint press conference with Sweden’s Defense Minister Pal Jonson in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, file)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office is probed for corruption as fired defense minister demands elections

By Barry Hatton

August 19, 2026 at 8:40 a.m.

Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies announced Wednesday that they are investigating senior officials in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s...

FILE – Former FBI Director James Comey speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

‘No serious dispute’ that James Comey’s seashell post could be read as a Trump threat, prosecutors say

By Eric Tucker

August 19, 2026 at 3:24 p.m.

The Justice Department is defending its prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey, saying “there...

Florida Republican congressman and gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds addresses members of the Hispanic Police Officers Association in Doral, Fla., after receiving the group’s endorsement, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

US Rep Byron Donalds wins GOP nod for Florida governor against Ex-Rep David Jolly for the Democrats

By Bill Barrow

August 18, 2026 at 9:31 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds won the Republican nomination for Florida governor and former Rep. David...

An F/A-18F Super Hornet prepares to make an arrested landing on the USS Abraham Lincoln in support of Operation Epic Fury, on Feb. 28, 2026. (U.S. Navy via AP)

Flossmoor collects toiletries for ‘hometown grown sailor’ aboard USS Lincoln as state officials demand answers

By Evy Lewis

August 18, 2026 at 4:31 p.m.

Flossmoor neighbors are collecting toiletries to send to a sailor aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln...

Northwestern Medicine’s existing Orland Park campus looking southwest, June 30, 2026, in Orland Park. (Vincent D. Johnson/for the baiduhai)

Orland Park approves $275 million Orland Park Northwestern cancer center

By Olivia Stevens

August 18, 2026 at 2:09 p.m.

The Orland Park VIllage Board approved plans Monday for a $275 million cancer office and...