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Trump says he wants to see if his incoming administration can find a "political resolution."
Former Riverside police Chief Tom Weitzel is appealing to the incoming Trump administration to get federal authorities involved next time a person kills any law enforcement officer.
The last-minute scrambling comes after the original deal both parties had agreed to went down in flames because of opposition from Trump and his close ally Elon Musk.
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday moved to lower its benchmark rate by 0.25 percentage points, but said it plans fewer cuts in 2025.
Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate, won Illinois' popular vote in November, and will get all 19 of the state's electoral votes.
Illinois will officially certify its 19 Electoral College votes on Tuesday, as electors will meet in Springfield to cast their vote in the presidential election.
On Saturday, court documents revealed that Trump and ABC News agreed to settle a defamation lawsuit with ABC paying $15 million toward Trump's presidential library and foundation and a million dollars to cover Trump's legal fees.
A company spokesperson says Sam Altman is personally donating the $1 million.
Vice President-elect JD Vance, Elon Musk, and Pete Hegseth will also be in attendance.
Here's a list of people President-elect Donald Trump has chosen for critical Cabinet posts and top White House jobs.
FBI Director Christopher Wray says he'll step down next month before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Wisconsin parents who wanted to challenge a school district's guidance for supporting transgender students.
Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth, while on Capitol Hill, vowed he won't give up despite new accusations of financial mismanagement at two veteran non-profit groups, along with excessive drinking.
A judge's overturning of Wisconsin's 13-year-old law that effectively ended collective bargaining for teachers and most state government employees has rekindled a battle over labor rights in a state where the first public sector unions were formed 65 years ago.
Iowa officials are suing the Biden administration for access to information on the citizenship status of more than 2,000 registered voters they had questioned in the weeks leading up to the 2024 election.
President-elect Donald Trump's six-year New York criminal odyssey might need to continue for at least another four, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Kushner is the founder of Kushner Companies, a real estate firm. Jared Kushner is a former senior Trump adviser who is married to Trump's eldest daughter, Ivanka.
The Canadian prime minister earlier cautioned that imposing sweeping tariffs on Canadian products would only raise prices for Americans and hurt American businesses.
Wisconsin's election commission leader has quietly certified Donald Trump's victory in the battleground state, a departure from the chaos that surrounded the 2020 election results.
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.
Rickea Jackson's promising first season with the Chicago Sky is over after it barely began after suffering a torn ACL in Sunday's win against the Minnesota Lynx.
A Rockford man has been sentenced to three years in federal prison after admitting to defrauding the federal government out of more than $85,000 in COVID-19 relief funds, and to engaging in tax fraud.
A potentially historic El Niño pattern is brewing 3,000 miles away from Chicago, with an increasing likelihood of bringing us a stormy summer and a much warmer winter.
Three unrelated house fires broke out in the west Chicago suburb of Cicero within a period of 24 hours Monday and Tuesday.
A group of well-known Chicago-based journalists, voice actors and podcasters have filed lawsuits under Illinois' strict biometric data privacy law, accusing tech giants of stealing their voices to train AI.
Survivors say they'd asked for more medical support before the Iranian drone strike that killed six U.S. soldiers at their command post in Kuwait in the war's first 24 hours.
An attorney for Chicago Ald. Jim Gardiner (45th) on Monday called an ethics investigation into the alderman's conduct a malicious "travesty."
In a move aimed at curbing the growing problem of "teen takeovers," D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro is threatening to bring charges against parents if their teens violate the local curfew.
State Rep. Josh Turek and State Sen. Zach Wahls squared off Thursday over which candidate can flip Iowa's open Republican-held Senate seat, as millions in outside spending reshapes the primary's final stretch.
Sens. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin say their concern is there may be more emergency exit doors than flight attendants in the event of an evacuation.
Consumer and environmental advocates said Monday that they found overcharges buried in the most recent rate-hike request by Nicor.
One week away from Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of the summer travel season, with gas prices remaining high, negotiations were set to resume Monday at the largest oil refinery in the Midwest.
Chatham residents say they're losing a vital resource as Walgreen's prepares to close its store near 86th and Cottage Grove.
According to AAA, the average price of a gallon of regular gas in Chicago was $5.17 on Friday, up from $3.75 a year ago.
Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas Company customers are likely to see minor credits on their bills for the next three years, thanks to a $125 million settlement agreement announced Thursday by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.
A person suspected of having hantavirus in Winnebago County, Illinois, turned out to be a false alarm, officials said Monday.
The DuPage County Health Department has confirmed its first positive tests for West Nile virus in pools of mosquitoes this year.
The Kane County Health Department was set Monday to offer a free mental health awareness webinar.
At least 80 deaths have been reported in a new Ebola disease outbreak in Congo and Uganda, authorities said.
Engineers at Northwestern University have created a wireless polygraph to detect stress.
The owners of Gene & Georgetti steakhouse are suing a concessions operator over their expansion at Midway International Airport.
DraftKings announced Monday that it is closing its sportsbook operation at Wrigley Field after only about two years.
After more than 80 years, there will be no Ann Sather restaurant location in the 900 block of West Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview community, effective in June.
Flight attendants at Chicago-based United Airlines have approved a new labor contract, marking their first pay increases in six years.
The Chicago Fire FC announced Wednesday morning that its new stadium in the South Loop will be named McDonald's Park.
The Chicago-born house music track, which began as a personal poem in 1982 and became a defining anthem of the city's house music scene, has been selected for permanent preservation by the Library of Congress.
The Library of Congress revealed this year's list of 25 recordings to be preserved for future generations on the National Recording Registry.
David Allan Coe also had hits with "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" and "The Ride" among others.
Some youngsters got a behind-the-scenes look at the magic of making opera Sunday at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Matt DeCaro, an actor who was a familiar face on the Chicago stage for many years, died this weekend.
A lawsuit was filed Tuesday against Live Nation and the Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre in the southwest Chicago suburb of Tinley Park, claiming a lack of security at a concert led to the sexual assault of a minor.
A 17-year-old boy died after being pulled out of Lake Michigan on Monday evening in north suburban Waukegan.
The Obama Foundation will host an official watch party for the Obama Presidential Center and Library grand opening on Midway Plaisance in June.
Meteorologist Kylee Miller has the extended forecast.
A new vintage shop, Vintiques and Company, is coming to Andersonville.
While his mother was released after a hearing Tuesday, a young soccer star who attends Stephen Tyng Mather High School remains in ICE custody.
A Rockford man has been sentenced to three years in federal prison after admitting to defrauding the federal government out of more than $85,000 in COVID-19 relief funds, and to engaging in tax fraud.
A man is being held in custody on charges that he tricked two young women into believing he was an art student working on a photography project in Chicago's Northalsted district, and went on to sexually abuse one of them.
Thornwood High School's commencement was disrupted when guests started fighting and police had to step in.
A potentially historic El Niño pattern is brewing 3,000 miles away from Chicago, with an increasing likelihood of bringing us a stormy summer and a much warmer winter.
Pothole complaints continue everywhere, but especially on one street in the Pullman neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago.
People in Lincoln Park and Lakeview have rallied against a plan to build a new industrial ComEd electrical substation in their neighborhoods, pushing local and state leaders to get involved.
Monday marks one year since Illinois enacted Karina's Law — legislation aimed at taking firearms out of the hands of people accused of domestic abuse.
Tenants at a South Shore apartment building said they've noticed their rent fluctuating by hundreds of dollars a month due to a change in how their utility billing system is set up.
A man from the Chicago suburbs lost $69,000 of his savings to a scam by a thief using an AI-generated U.S. Marshals badge to intimidate him.
Rickea Jackson's promising first season with the Chicago Sky is over after it barely began after suffering a torn ACL in Sunday's win against the Minnesota Lynx.
The battle over the Chicago Bears' next home is taking center stage on Tuesday.
Touted prospect Colt Emerson launched a three-run homer for his first major league hit, and the Seattle Mariners stopped a three-game slide with a 6-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
Jake Bauers homered and drove in four runs, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 9-3 in the first meeting this season between the longtime NL Central rivals.
Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong says he regrets the words he used during a heated exchange with a fan.
A man was shot and killed in the north Chicago suburb of Skokie early Tuesday.
A man is being held in custody on charges that he tricked two young women into believing he was an art student working on a photography project in Chicago's Northalsted district, and went on to sexually abuse one of them.
A suspect was due in court Tuesday on charges that he shot and killed his ex-husband's new husband in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood.
A truck driver was sentenced to over 13 years in prison for smuggling $9.4 million worth of cocaine in a shipment of Skims, Kim Kardashian's shapewear brand.
Police in Michigan City, Indiana, were searching Monday for the person they said shot and killed a 14-year-old boy.
