Trump and GOP lag Biden and Democrats in fundraising in early 2024
Trump's political apparatus continued to spend more than it raised, according to campaign finance reports filed for January.
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Trump's political apparatus continued to spend more than it raised, according to campaign finance reports filed for January.
South Carolina is just a few days away from its Republican presidential primary. Polls show former President Donald Trump has a substantial lead over the state's former Gov. Nikki Haley.
Nikki Haley is resisting calls to end her campaign against Donald Trump, saying she feels "no need to kiss the ring."
Former President Donald Trump, sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, and the Trump Organization were dealt severe penalties in a civil case alleging widespread fraud.
The ruling also bars the Trump Organization from seeking loans from financial institutions in New York for a period of three years, and includes a three-year ban on Trump serving as an officer or director of any New York corporation.
The judge's ruling bars former President Donald Trump from conducting business in New York for three years. Trump has vowed to appeal.
Fulton county District Attorney Fani Willis was grilled over her personal relationship with a lead prosecutor in the state's election interference case against former President Donald Trump.
On March 25, the former president faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. He's accused of paying adult film star Stormy Daniels in an attempt to influence the 2016 presidential election.
Republican Special Counsel Robert Hur's report recommended no criminal prosecution for mishandling classified documents, but he referred to the president's memory at least nine times - Calling him a "well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory."
President Biden and the White House are hitting back as new questions about his age and memory were raised by a special counsel report. While on the campaign trail, former President Trump is seizing on the issue.
When the nine members of the Supreme Court take their seats on the bench on Thursday, they will be wading into uncharted legal waters to hear a case that could have sweeping ramifications for the 2024 presidential race.
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) on Wednesday took the very rare step of calling on one of the Supreme Court justices - Clarence Thomas - to recuse himself from the case.
"Justice Thomas should recuse himself so there's no question of bias," Durbin said.
A federal appeals court in Washington found former President Donald Trump is not entitled to broad immunity from federal prosecution, delivering a landmark decision that would allow the criminal case against the former president involving the 2020 presidential election to move forward if the ruling is upheld.
The president accused Republicans of caving to the demands of former President Donald Trump.
The U.S. Supreme Court will likely have the final say.
The effort to pull former President Donald Trump's name from November ballots in Illinois will continue on Tuesday with a hearing. The arguments being made in Illinois and other states like Colorado and Maine center on whether Trump engaged in insurrection by attempting to remain in office after the 2020 election. Trump opponents have been working in over a dozen states to remove his name from ballots for the 2024 election.
Charles Littlejohn pleaded guilty to leaking former President Trump's federal tax records, as well as those of some of the richest people in the U.S.
President Joe Biden was on the campaign trail Saturday in South Carolina. He's looking ahead to the general election in November and zeroing in on Donald Trump.
Former President Trump is vowing to appeal a verdict ordering him to pay more than $80 million in damages to writer E. Jean Carroll for defamation. CBS News’ Bradley Blackburn reports.
Former President Donald Trump must pay $83.3 million in damages for defamatory statements denying he sexually assaulted the writer E. Jean Carroll.
In the GOP presidential race, former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley tries to narrow the lead held by former president Trump. CBS News' Caitlin Huey Burns reports he's threatening donors who contribute to her campaign.
After former President Donald Trump won the last two primaries, Haley is hoping the next primary in her home state of South Carolina can boost her campaign.
The primary is the big test for Nikki Haley, who is facing off against former President Donald Trump. CBS News' Skyler Henry reports.
Both the front runner, former President Donald Trump, and Nikki Haley were in attack mode while campaigning in New Hampshire.
The WNBA celebrated its 30th season by holding its first All-Star Game in Chicago since 2022.
Jeremy Peña finished with three of Houston's six hits and scored twice.
The victim suffered multiple injuries to the body and was taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital, where he died, Chicago police said.
Pete Crow-Armstrong was 4 for 5 with a home run and three RBIs as the Chicago Cubs cruised past the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-0.
Till would have turned 85 years old on Saturday.
President Trump cracked jokes at the redo of the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Friday night, after an armed assailant upended April's dinner.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has purchased commercial spyware that can covertly take control of phones, collect messages, photos and location information.
A new lawsuit argues that Wisconsin's elections commission is wrongly blocking absentee voters from canceling their ballots and requesting new ones, with nearly 91,000 ballots already returned ahead of the Aug. 11 primary.
The Illinois Legislative Ethics Commission voted on Thursday to publish a report outlining details of the investigation that led to state Rep. Harry Benton (D-Chicago) to resign his post earlier this month.
Voters in Chicago will have a chance to decide in November if the city should go after the federal government for money spent dealing with the Trump Administration's immigration crackdown and Operation Midway Blitz.
The Trump administration is taking aim at power grid operator PJM Interconnection over rising electricity bills that affect Illinois and Indiana residents.
Chicago remained the most bed bug-treated city in the country, according to Orkin's latest annual rankings covering a full year of residential and commercial treatment data.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul this week warned residents cleaning up from last month's storms to be on the lookout for scams.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday signed several new consumer protections into law, including a ban on junk fees.
CBS News Chicago has learned that Illinois home insurance premiums are not only higher than the nation's average, but going up faster too.
East Chicago, Indiana is being placed on a precautionary boil water advisory starting Monday morning for planned installations that could affect water safety.
A new Northwestern Medicine study on long COVID shows women show more neurological symptoms than men.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Chicago just barely made the top 20 in the American College of Sports Medicine's 2026 ranking of the country's fittest cities.
In a major turnaround in the opioid crisis, overdose deaths are falling across Chicago and Cook County.
The food deserts on Chicago's South and West sides could spread even wider if seven Save A Lot grocery stores close.
Illinois American Water and Aqua Illinois are both seeking rate increases that would raise monthly bills by as much as $28, while their parent companies seek regulatory approval to merge — a deal a consumer watchdog says would give one company control of nearly all regulated water customers in the state.
The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from several states secured a right-to-repair settlement Wednesday with agriculture equipment giant Deere & Co. — commonly known as John Deere — that requires the company to let farmers and independent shops fix their own equipment.
Chicago Soul Café opened Monday at 6248 S. St. Lawrence Ave.
The Chicago Bears this weekend said they are assessing land at Wolf Lake Terminals in Hammond, Indiana, for a possible new stadium.
Paramount Skydance on Friday said it would delay the deal until as late as June 2027.
Iowa announced a fall exhibition game against Kansas at the Field of Dreams ballpark, where major and minor league games have been played since 2021.
Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" is the first film shot entirely on 70mm IMAX cameras, and Cinemark Seven Bridges in Woodridge is 1 of roughly 30 theaters nationwide equipped to show it that way.
Brenda Fricker won an Academy Award for 1989's "My Left Foot," played the Pigeon Lady in "Home Alone 2" and appeared in "A Time to Kill" and "So I Married an Axe Murderer."
The actor's agent said he was providing more information following news reports "which contain inaccuracies and outright falsehoods."
Village officials are recommending residents boil all water for a minimum of five minutes before consuming. Officials said the water is safe to use to shower and wash hands.
Chicago police said a 37-year-old man was sitting inside his vehicle when an unknown man approached, pulled out a gun and fired gunshots toward the victim.
Meteorologist Kylee Miller is tracking the latest in First Alert Weather.
CPD said a black sports-utility vehicle pulled up into a parking lot and someone inside fired shots at a large group in the 1000 block of West 14th Street.
The parade also served as a portion of this year's global peace run and torch relay.
Initial reports say the crash involved two boats and at least one of them may have flipped over.
A 5-year-old boy and a man were injured during a drive-by shooting on Chicago's Near West Side overnight.
The victim suffered multiple injuries to the body and was taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital, where he died, Chicago police said.
Till would have turned 85 years old on Saturday.
After the parade, the community resource fair provided an opportunity for job seekers.
While Mayor Brandon Johnson hasn't announced if he will run for re-election next year, he's boasting about lower vacancy rates for Mag Mile buildings and taking credit for the positive changes.
A Lockport foster parent said he lost his kids, job and home for months after a mix-up that landed his name on the Illinois Sex Offender Registry.
Record heat and major air quality issues created by wildfire smoke were key topics as some of the top climate leaders from around the world gathered in Chicago this week for the Aspen Institute's annual climate summit.
Police say a man and a woman were last seen speaking with the victim before the shooting.
Neighbors in the Avalon Park neighborhood said their community has been plagued by squatters, weeds, rats, and water leaks – all thanks to an abandoned home that's been sitting vacant for years.
The WNBA celebrated its 30th season by holding its first All-Star Game in Chicago since 2022.
Jeremy Peña finished with three of Houston's six hits and scored twice.
Pete Crow-Armstrong was 4 for 5 with a home run and three RBIs as the Chicago Cubs cruised past the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-0.
Christian Walker hit a three-run double, Cam Smith added a two-run homer in Houston's eight-run sixth inning and the Astros overcame a five-run deficit to beat the Chicago White Sox 8-5 on Friday night.
WNBA All-Star weekend festivities continue. Chicago is the center of the women's basketball universe and fan interest has grown for this event.
Madison, Wisconsin remains one of the only cities of its size without a police body camera program, leaving key moments of a fatal officer-involved shooting unrecorded.
A man was killed and a teenage boy was wounded in a shooting on Thursday evening in the West Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago.
A man and a woman were found shot and killed inside a car on Thursday evening on the University of Chicago campus in the Hyde Park neighborhood.
Madison's chief of police says an officer in Wisconsin's capital city shot and killed a man who had injured him with a knife while resisting arrest.
Three men have been convicted of a string of violent robberies targeting liquor stores, convenience stores, and bars in Chicago in 2023 and 2024.
