Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Tuesday he will not veto the 2026 budget passed by aldermen, conceding a historic struggle ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker over new state laws aimed at protecting immigrants at courthouses, hospitals and day cares.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Tuesday he won't veto an alternative budget plan passed by City Council over the ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday declined to veto a $16.6 billion spending plan passed by his rivals, allowing it to go into ...

In "Becoming Bovino," our reporters travel to his hometown in North Carolina and to California, where he got his start in the U.S. Border Patrol.

The law bars immigration enforcement from taking place inside or within 1,000 feet of state courthouses. The federal government claims states can’t dictate where federal agents make arrests.

Each year, we look back at some of the biggest stories of the year. These are the people and moments that defined Chicago news in 2025. 🚨 Biggest story of the year: Federal immigration agents descend ...

Chicago aldermen came together to engage in the city’s budget process and assert their authority as a co-equal branch of government.

The Justice Department said the law illegally regulates federal law enforcement by barring courthouse arrests and allowing ...

The lawmakers said ICE expects immigration arrests to ramp up in the near future. While the facility only had two detainees Monday, they said ICE anticipates increasing staffing at the facility with ...

Four Illinois members of Congress have been allowed into a suburban Chicago immigration processing center that's been at the ...

Elon Musk called Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther a "traitor to America" in a Dec. 20 post on X after White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller accused Ginther of "advocating for mass Somali ...