Several Democratic Congress members received bomb threats on Thanksgiving
The incidents came a day after several of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks were targeted. It's unclear if the cases are related.
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The incidents came a day after several of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks were targeted. It's unclear if the cases are related.
Meanwhile, Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum is pushing back on Trump's account of a "productive" phone call they had on Wednesday.
Tariffs on U.S. imports would raise prices for consumers on a range of goods, experts say. Here's what to know.
On Monday, President-elect Trump specifically promised a 25% tariff on all products coming from Mexico and Canada—in addition to a 10% levy on Chinese goods.
Special counsel Jack Smith asked a federal judge to toss out the charges against President-elect Donald Trump in the case stemming from the 2020 election.
Smith is calling to drop the election subversion case and the classified documents case against Trump.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also says he's waiting to hear President-elect Donald Trump's proposals on resolving the conflict.
Trump chose key members for his administration over the weekend, with most still face confirmation hearings.
Pam Bondi is a long-time Trump ally with two decades of experience as a prosecutor.
Some of President-elect Donald Trump’s picks for his Cabinet are on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, trying to shore up support among senators for confirmation. Former Congressman Matt Gaetz’s ethics probe could be an obstacle, but Trump is standing by him.
Judicial regulators have filed a complaint against a former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice who spread election conspiracy theories and was hired by Republicans to lead an investigation into President-elect Donald Trump's loss in the 2020 election, accusing him of violating multiple rules of conduct.
President-elect Donald Trump says former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy is his choice for transportation secretary as he continues to roll out picks for his Cabinet.
On social media, Trump appears to confirm he will declare a national emergency and will attempt to use the military for deportations.
Before his return to the Oval Office, President-elect Trump arrived at the octagon sitting ringside for a UFC event in Madison Square Garden along with Kid Rock and Elon Musk.
Trump announced he is nominating Chris Wright as his Secretary of Energy and a member of the newly formed National Energy Council. Wright is CEO and chairman of Denver-based Liberty Energy.
Just 10 days after the election, President-elect Donald Trump’s transition effort is well in the works, but some of his nominees for the Cabinet are raising eyebrows.
Kennedy has a long record of criticizing vaccines, including spreading misleading claims about their safety.
President-elect Donald Trump has named former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz as his pick for attorney general, sparking reactions from both sides of the aisle. Gaetz was the focus of several investigations into his conduct, including a House Ethics Committee probe, before he resigned from Congress after Trump nominated him for attorney general.
President Biden and President-elect Donald Trump both promised a "smooth" transition.
President-elect Donald Trump announced several new appointments to his administration this week, including his picks for attorney general, secretary of state, and the director of national intelligence.
President-elect Donald Trump met with President Joe Biden on Wednesday at the White House, promising a smooth transition of power, as Trump continues to build his incoming administration.
President-elect Donald Trump is in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to meet with House Republicans and to meet with President Joe Biden at the White House to discuss the transition.
President-elect Donald Trump has called the Biden administration's student loan relief efforts a "total catastrophe."
It's one week after Election Day 2024, and while control of the White House and the Senate have been decided, in a handful of races for the U.S. House of Representatives, the results are still outstanding, and their outcomes will determine Republicans' margins in the lower chamber.
CBS News has learned Mr. Trump will name Florida U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio as his nominee for Secretary of State and former New York U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin to head the Environmental Protection Agency, among other picks. Cristian Benavides reports.
Financial exploitation is the leading type of elder abuse in Illinois. One Streamwood woman learned that personally, when her brother took hundreds of thousands of dollars from their parents' financial accounts.
Chiquita Brown said she was violated on the crowded CTA train, and her defense instincts kicked in.
They worry that any escalation could put civilian infrastructure and innocent lives at risk.
The Cubs announced before the game that ace Cade Horton would miss the rest of the season after an MRI revealed UCL damage in his right elbow.
In the first game since they fired their top two basketball executives, the Bulls were in firm control by the end of the first quarter.
Illinois Democrats on Capitol Hill decried President Trump's threats against Iran as his deadline for the country to reopen the Strait of Hormuz draws closer, calling on their Republican colleagues to join them in stopping the escalation.
President Trump posted on social media that "a whole civilization will die tonight," adding "but I don't want that to happen, but it probably will."
President Trump and top national security officials shed new light on the daring rescues of two American airmen who were shot down over Iran last week.
A U.S. crew member who went missing when an F-15E fighter jet was shot down over a remote area of Iran has been rescued by U.S. forces.
President Trump ordered the Department of Homeland Security to find a way to pay "each and every employee" of the agency.
A passenger on an American Airlines flight from New York to Chicago has been charged with making a false bomb threat that forced an emergency landing at Detroit Metro Airport last month, according to a federal criminal complaint.
Skyrocketing property taxes continue to be a hot-button issue in Cook County — particularly since last fall, when many residents saw their tax bills increase by 100% or more.
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias this weekend issued a warning about a surge in text messages that falsely claim to come from his office or the DMV within it.
Tenants at a South Loop luxury high-rise that has been plagued with problems like broken elevators are vowing to fight five-day eviction notices.
It's become an annual March Madness tradition at CBS Chicago, pitting our city's best eateries in direct competition in a foodie bracket challenge. We did pizza, we've done Italian beef, we've done Chicago dogs. This year, we're taking flight with wings.
Allergy season is here, and the dreaded pollen can trigger sneezing, congestion, wheezing, and shortness of breath.
Northwestern Medicine and the American Red Cross teamed up for a community blood drive in Chicago on Monday morning.
Ending domestic violence is the goal of groups and advocates all over the world, and some experts in Chicago say it is time to become less reactive and more proactive when it comes to the people causing harm.
A new Iowa law bans local nondiscrimination protections on the basis of gender identity after the state became the first in the U.S. to roll back its civil rights code last year.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
A new restaurant has joined the busy stretch of Halsted Street toward the south end of Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood that is also home to Alinea and Boka.
The federal government is suing Illinois, Connecticut and Arizona over efforts to regulate prediction market operators such as Kalshi and Polymarket.
The owners of the popular Uncommon Ground restaurant, live music venue, and brewery in Chicago's Wrigleyville community announced this week that they're looking for a successor to take over the business.
Chicago consistently ranks in the top three cities in Fortune 500 company headquarters, and now a competition has been launched to build on Chicago's power in business.
The flagship Ann Sather restaurant on Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview community will be moving later this year, a restaurant representative said Tuesday.
"Beverly Hills, 90210" actress Tori Spelling was involved in a two-car crash in Temecula on Thursday night, according to her manager and Riverside County Sheriff's Office officials.
Chicago blues legend Muddy Waters' birthday is Saturday, and in his memory his eldest son is putting on a concert in Chicago.
A federal judge in New York has tossed out actor Blake Lively's sexual harassment claims against actor Justin Baldoni over their roles in the movie "It Ends With Us," but left intact a claim for retaliation.
Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane was lured to a Dallas studio for a meeting, then allegedly kidnapped and robbed by a group including rappers Pooh Shiesty and Big30.
When Jean-Luc Godard's "Hail Mary" opened in Chicago on April 4, 1986, it drew a throng of angry protesters who considered the film an affront to their faith.
Chicago Bulls president Michael Reinsdorf said he received at least 60 calls on Tuesday from potential candidates after firing head of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas and general manager Marc Eversley.
Goldman Sachs economists found that workers could make less money over the long term.
The 9-year-old Hanoverian hound spent seven years on the job sniffing out narcotics and helping catch suspects.
Researchers at Duke University and University of Colorado Boulder are creating injections or infusions that may help rebuild cartilage and bone. Another team at Columbia University is working on regrowing an entire knee using a 3D printed scaffolding filled with bone and cartilage cells.
By the afternoon, it will be warmer across Chicagoland as highs reach the mid-60s. Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has the latest.
President Trump announced Tuesday evening that the U.S. and Iran had agreed to a two-week ceasefire in the war that was contingent on the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
Financial exploitation is the leading type of elder abuse in Illinois. One Streamwood woman learned that personally, when her brother took hundreds of thousands of dollars from their parents' financial accounts.
They worry that any escalation could put civilian infrastructure and innocent lives at risk.
Illinois Democrats on Capitol Hill decried President Trump's threats against Iran, calling on their Republican colleagues to join them in stopping the escalation.
Chiquita Brown said she was violated on the crowded CTA train, and her defense instincts kicked in.
Financial exploitation is the leading type of elder abuse in Illinois. One Streamwood woman learned that personally, when her brother took hundreds of thousands of dollars from their parents' financial accounts.
One year after a teenage girl was shot outside her home in Country Club Hills, Illinois, and was told she would never walk again, she continued to defy the odds and reclaim her independence.
A Morgan Park family is still in shock after a staggering 300% spike in their latest property tax bill, and the man poised to take over as Cook County Assessor at the end of the year says it's an error he wants to make sure doesn't happen again.
Researchers at the University of Chicago have built a "self-driving" lab that uses robotics and artificial intelligence to accelerate work that would take humans weeks or months to complete.
Johnson said the position was temporary, but when the chief homelessness officer was first appointed, she told CBS News Chicago that her role was funded for three years, not two.
The Cubs announced before the game that ace Cade Horton would miss the rest of the season after an MRI revealed UCL damage in his right elbow.
In the first game since they fired their top two basketball executives, the Bulls were in firm control by the end of the first quarter.
The Orioles beat the Chicago White Sox 4-2 on Tuesday for their eighth straight victory over the South Siders.
Chicago Cubs pitcher Cade Horton will undergo elbow surgery and miss the rest of the season, manager Craig Counsell announced on Tuesday before their game against the Tampa Bay Rays.
Some young Chicago White Sox ACE players got the trip of a lifetime recently.
Chicago police on Tuesday issued a community alert about car break-ins targeting patrons of a gym in the city's Irving Park neighborhood.
Chicago police on Tuesday issued a community alert about a rash of car break-ins in Jackson Park on the city's South Side.
A shooting left a 16-year-old boy dead Tuesday morning in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood.
A man from the northwest Chicago suburb of McHenry was facing felony charges Tuesday after police said he secretly recorded people in men's restrooms.
The woman accused of killing her on-and-off-again boyfriend and his parents in Chicago's south suburbs was due in court Monday.
