The Trump White House issued a proclamation Friday recognizing February as Black History Month around the same time the ...

A roundtable hosted by U.S. Rep. Sean Casten on Friday offered a sneak peek at strategies Illinois clean energy supporters are considering as President Donald Trump threatens to reduce funding for ...

Rauner thought he could use massive funding cuts to force Democrats to break their ties with labor unions. The Trump administration offered no such "grand bargain." ...

President Donald Trump will put in place 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico and 10% tariffs on goods from China effective on Saturday, the White House said on Friday, ...

An American Airlines plane that was landing in Washington, D.C., and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on a training flight ...

Black boxes recovered after a jet and Army helicopter collided near DC; 14 still missing as NTSB investigates the deadly ...

A state historic site in Springfield has been awarded funding to help preserve its historic architecture. The Dana-Thomas ...

The Michael Madigan jury has ended its third day of deliberations without a verdict in Illinois’ highest-stakes public corruption trial in years. The jury of eight women and four men began ...

Live updates as Trump threatens tariffs on China, Mexico, Canada and BRICS countries. Follow the latest news on Cabinet picks ...

After the Washington, D.C., plane crash, Trump said he previously set "extraordinary" standards for air traffic control ...

Congress passed the FAA Reauthorization Act last year that called for thousands of new air traffic controllers across the nation, but the Trump administration's efforts to freeze hiring across the ...

When the Office of Management and Budget issued a sweeping order this week freezing trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans, senior White House officials had not reviewed it ...