House Votes Expected On Legislation To Keep Migrant Families Together
House Republicans are moving forward with two immigration bills aimed at keeping families together after illegal border crossings.
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House Republicans are moving forward with two immigration bills aimed at keeping families together after illegal border crossings.
President Trump touted his decision allowing children to be detained with their parents at a Duluth, Minnesota rally Wednesday night.
Trump told reporters that the administration would still continue its "zero tolerance" policy while managing to solve the issue of family separation.
American Airlines said in a statement Wednesday that it has "requested the federal government to immediately refrain from using American for the purpose of transporting children who have been separated from their families due to the current immigration policy."
President Trump says he will sign "something" in the near future that will end family separation at the southern border.
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is drafting an executive action for President Donald Trump that would direct DHS to keep families apprehended at the border together during detention.
Corey Lewandowski refused to apologize Wednesday after he dismissed the story of a 10-year-old girl with Down syndrome who was reportedly separated from her mother after crossing the border illegally.
Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen has signaled to friends that he is "willing to give" investigators information on the President if that's what they are looking for, and is planning on hiring a new lawyer to handle a possible indictment from federal prosecutors.
With backlash over his "zero tolerance" immigration policy intensifying, President Trump went to Capitol Hill Tuesday to meet with House Republicans about immigration reform.
The revelation that more than 2,300 children were separated from adults at the U.S. border with Mexico in just five weeks quickly led to a firestorm of condemnation, while federal officials have been defending their policy, and criticizing the media's coverage of it.
President Donald Trump just raised the stakes in the fight with China over trade.
When Antar Davidson was ordered to separate two brothers and a sister tightly hugging each other, he realized his time as a youth care worker at an Arizona immigrant children's shelter was coming to an end.
The most visible byproduct of the Trump administration's practice, known as "zero tolerance," has resulted in thousands of children being separated from their parents.
The meeting comes amid a growing political firestorm over the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy of separating children from their families while parents are prosecuted for crossing the border illegally.
President Trump officially directed the Pentagon to establish a sixth branch of the U.S. military in space on Monday.
President Donald Trump used a term from US segregationist history to describe the relationship between the Air Force and his newest military branch, the Space Force, calling it "separate but equal."
President Donald Trump squarely -- and misleadingly -- blamed Democrats for the unfolding crisis in opening remarks at a space policy event.
President Donald Trump's tariffs on Chinese goods are intended to help American companies that have been hurt by Beijing's industrial policies. But in the short term, at least, many American businesses may be the ones feeling pain.
A newly-opened "tent city" along the Texas border is now at the center of the national immigration debate. The camp is housing teenage boys who illegally entered the United States -- unaccompanied by an adult.
Cohen has expressed anger with the treatment he has gotten from President Donald Trump and the president's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani.
Pressed by a reporter about those remarks moments later, Mr. Trump said he was "kidding."
The administration also threatened to impose more tariffs should China retaliate — and China has already indicated it would.
President Donald Trump on Friday morning delivered a potentially fatal blow to a compromise immigration bill under development in the House.
Harry Harris, the Trump administration's nominee to be ambassador to South Korea, said North Korea continues to be a nuclear threat and that major military exercises should be paused to give Kim Jong Un a chance to prove whether he is "serious."
Attorney General Barbara Underwood alleges a pattern of persistent illegal conduct over more than a decade that includes extensive unlawful political coordination with the Trump presidential campaign.
Sunday's weather had feels-like temperatures between 100 and 105 degrees, which had residents finding ways to keep cool.
Three people were killed and four others wounded in a shooting during a food festival at the Seattle Center near the Space Needle, police said. A suspect was in custody and another was being sought, they said.
A spokesperson for Metra said an inbound 720 train hit the victim at the crossing at Smith and Wood Streets, adjacent to the Palatine station.
The suspect was taken into custody early Sunday morning and charged with reckless homicide and aggrvated DUI.
Joliet police officers found the 50-year-old man and a 46-year-old woman, both of whom appeared to have suffered stab wounds early Sunday morning.
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."
Palatine and Metra police are investigating after a woman was fatally hit by a Metra Union Pacific Northwest train on Sunday afternoon.
For some, the quickest cool down came from the lake—whether they waded in or went by boat.
A Lisle man has been charged with reckless homicide and aggravated DUI in the boating crash.
Five years ago, the pup named Chong escaped his home near Lincoln, Nebraska. Someone else happened to get him microchipped before he ended up 642 miles away behind a truck stop in Indiana.
Thousands gathered for a community vigil in the German capital honoring one woman who was killed and 29 others who were hurt.
The suspect was taken into custody early Sunday morning and charged with reckless homicide and aggrvated DUI.
A mass shooting sent six people to the hospital in Chicago's Humboldt Park community early Sunday morning.
Sunday's weather had feels-like temperatures between 100 and 105 degrees, which had residents finding ways to keep cool.
Three people were killed and four others wounded in a shooting during a food festival at the Seattle Center near the Space Needle, police said. A suspect was in custody and another was being sought, they said.
A spokesperson for Metra said an inbound 720 train hit the victim at the crossing at Smith and Wood Streets, adjacent to the Palatine station.
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.
Murakami hit a 385-foot, two-run homer in the bottom of the first that gave Chicago its first lead of the game. It was his first homer since May 27th.
Ryan O'Hearn hit a grand slam on his 33rd birthday, as the Pirates held off the Cubs 8-7 to avoid being swept in the three-game series.
The south Chicago suburb of Robbins, Illinois, on Sunday honored retired NBA basketball player Dwyane Wade with a new street name and a day of celebration.
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.
Three people were killed and four others wounded in a shooting during a food festival at the Seattle Center near the Space Needle, police said. A suspect was in custody and another was being sought, they said.
Chicago police on Sunday issued a community alert after two violent robberies in the South Loop area this weekend.
Chicago police this weekend issued a warning about robbers targeting victims who are trying to sell cellphones online on Chicago's West Side.
Two men and a woman were killed, and another woman was critically injured, when a vehicle hit a train during a police pursuit through Chicago's Southwest Side early Sunday morning.
A man was killed and a woman was wounded early Sunday morning in a shooting in the South Chicago community early Sunday.
