Trump says US will send more weapons to Ukraine to fend off Russian airstrikes
In an about-face from statements made last week, President Trump said the Untied States will send more weapons to Ukraine to help them fend off Russian airstrikes.
Watch CBS News
In an about-face from statements made last week, President Trump said the Untied States will send more weapons to Ukraine to help them fend off Russian airstrikes.
The Ukrainian president made the statement on Saturday. Friday's call came after Trump's call with the Russian president.
Their loss could allow the U.S. to turn its full attention to China, according to an official briefed on the talks.
The Ukrainian military said at least 539 drones from Russia entered the country's airspace in the attack that lasted for hours.
The Kremlin announced Thursday that it has accepted an ambassador sent by the hardline Islamist group.
President Donald Trump is expected to mark this Fourth of July by signing the massive spending bill Congress passed. But first, he plans to speak with the president of Ukraine to try to end the Russian war.
Ukraine says Russia launched the biggest aerial attack since the start of the war.
At least 10 people are dead after Ukrainian officials say Russia launched a massive strike overnight.
Tuesday is a national day of mourning in Kyiv, Ukraine after the latest missile strikes by Russia killed 15 people and injured 131 more.
Russia continued its drone onslaught on Ukraine, launching another large-scale attack at Kharkiv and other parts of the country.
The Ukrainian Air Force said its defenses destroyed more than half of the drones and 19 other missiles while they were in the air.
Russia launched hundreds of drone strikes against Ukraine, even as Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that a new prisoner exchange was underway.
On Friday, Russia launched a barrage of drones and ballistic missiles across Ukraine. Kharkiv's mayor said his city was shaken by "at least 40 explosions" Saturday morning, killing at least two people and wounding more than a dozen.
The three were emergency responders working in the capital, Kyiv. Ukrainian officials say the heavy attack included 407 drones and 44 missiles.
Ukraine launched a "large-scale" drone attack deep into Russian territory that security officials claim destroyed 40 military bombers as it gears up for another round of talks in Istanbul.
President Trump delivered a timeline to determine whether Russia is serious about a peace deal with Ukraine, and also expressed optimism about a ceasefire deal in Gaza. Erica Brown reports.
Germany and Ukraine strike a deal to jointly develop weapons with "no range restrictions," as the Kremlin says Trump's jabs at Putin are due to him "not being informed."
Russia launched rounds of intense aerial attacks this weekend in Ukraine. Officials there say at least 12 people are dead and dozens more were hurt in attacks on the capital city of Kyiv.
President Donald Trump called Russian President Vladimir Putin "crazy" after the country launched its largest drone and missile attacks so far in the war.
It comes as the two sides carry out an exchange of hundreds of prisoners of war. Ukraine says dozens of other people were hurt in strikes on the Kyiv region overnight.
that news coming from President Donald Trump shortly after a two-hour phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The first negotiation is an effort to push the president’s budget package through the House, while the second is brokering a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. Willie James Inman reports.
Ukrainian officials say at least nine people were killed after a Russian drone attacked a civilian bus in the Sumy region early Saturday morning.
The talks are unlikely to yield immediate results, and they almost certainly won’t bring the elusive "deal" President Trump has been promising since returning to the White House in January.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he's ready to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin for ceasefire talks. Putin has also called for direct talks. Now, in a country where truth comes at a price, BBC's Steve Rosenberg refuses to stay silent.
As immigration sweeps expand nationwide, the work of justifying detentions is overwhelming federal prosecutors, who are being forced to sideline a range of other cases in order to keep pace.
A pedestrian was hit by a freight train on Thursday afternoon in west suburban Villa Park, leading to delays for Metra commuters on the Union Pacific-West line.
Marimar Martinez, the Chicago woman shot five times by a Border Patrol agent in October, plans to attend President Trump's State of the Union address to Congress later this month, according to her attorney.
All inbound lanes of the Eisenhower Expressway are blocked at 25th Avenue by a crash and car fire after a police chase.
An Oswego, Illinois man has pleaded guilty to phishing hundreds of women's to get access to their Snapchats and steal, sell, trade and keep nude photos.
As immigration sweeps expand nationwide, the work of justifying detentions is overwhelming federal prosecutors, who are being forced to sideline a range of other cases in order to keep pace.
Marimar Martinez, the Chicago woman shot five times by a Border Patrol agent in October, plans to attend President Trump's State of the Union address to Congress later this month, according to her attorney.
As Jesse Jackson Jr. campaigns for his old U.S. House seat at Chicago-area churches, banquet halls and on Black radio shows, he often takes a moment to address the obvious matter hanging over his political comeback.
Illinois early voting for the 2026 primary begins for most counties in early February. Find out what your early voting dates are and where you can go cast a ballot below.
Chicago Ald. Daniel La Spata (1st) wants to hear from anyone who has strong feelings about food delivery robots.
This week marks Identity Theft Awareness Week, and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza emphasized some safety tips Monday for avoiding and dealing with identity theft.
A controversial data center in Naperville, Illinois, could be the cause to pack a city council meeting there on Tuesday night.
Police in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva are warning of a scam involving spoofed phone numbers.
Protesters on Tuesday were cranking up the heat on Peoples Gas over a recently proposed rate hike that would add an additional $10 to $11 a month to utility bills.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital announced this week that it is planning to open a new pediatric hospital in the west Chicago suburb of Downers Grove.
It has been nearly six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of the many questions doctors are still working to answer concerns the long-term effects.
Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a grant from The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation for a new cancer center.
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital said Tuesday that it is no longer initiating gender-affirming medical treatment for minors.
A Near West Side diner known for drawing in Blackhawks fans and players is up for sale.
January may be the coldest time of the year, but Chicago is already looking forward to summer farmers' markets.
A development proposal issued this month calls for the replacement of a building housing a Giordiano's pizzeria in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood with a new mixed-use building with 28 residential units.
United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Chicago's Willis Tower Thursday morning as they fought for a new contract.
WSCR-AM, 670 The Score, will begin a simulcast on 104.3 FM next month.
The members of Ratboys were teenagers when they met by chance, and now in their 30s, the Chicago band formed by two college friends almost two decades ago appears to be on the brink of something big.
Chuck Negron, a founding member of Three Dog Night whose lead vocals powered a string of hits for one of the top rock acts of the late 1960s and early '70s has died. He was 83.
Bad Bunny used his Grammy acceptance speech on Sunday to denounce U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and call for the end of the ongoing immigration crackdown.
The 2026 Grammy Awards recognized the best of the best in music from last year, with big wins for Kendrick Lamar and Bad Bunny. Here's the full list of winners and nominees.
Complete closure of the performing arts center in Washington, D.C., will start on July 4, Mr. Trump said. It's not yet clear how extensive the changes to the building might be.
Meteorologist Mary Kay Kleist has your 11 a.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026.
A 17-year-old boy was charged Thursday in a shooting that wounded seven teens in front of the Chicago Theatre downtown right after the city’s Christmas tree lighting ceremony in November.
Adopt August and Archer from Border Tails Rescue.
Drivers who receive traffic tickets in suburban Cook County could soon see their cases move faster.
Minute Maid is discontinuing its frozen juice concentrates
A 17-year-old boy is charged in a shooting that wounded seven teens downtown right after the city's Christmas tree lighting ceremony.
A pedestrian was hit by a freight train on Thursday afternoon in west suburban Villa Park, leading to delays for Metra commuters on the Union Pacific-West line.
Marimar Martinez, the Chicago woman shot five times by a Border Patrol agent in October, plans to attend President Trump's State of the Union address to Congress later this month, according to her attorney.
As immigration sweeps expand nationwide, the work of justifying detentions is overwhelming federal prosecutors, who are being forced to sideline a range of other cases in order to keep pace.
All inbound lanes of the Eisenhower Expressway are blocked at 25th Avenue by a crash and car fire after a police chase.
Cynthia Eason recounted the moment Chicago police officers raided her family's home in 2018.
Water bills could be going up in several Chicago suburbs and other parts of Illinois, as Illinois American Water seeks a rate increase to fund infrastructure improvements.
The case involves a Chicago grandmother, her daughter, and her four grandchildren, who all said that Chicago police officers pointed guns at them during the botched raid.
Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel no longer will have to testify about an alleged "code of silence" at the Chicago Police Department, after a federal judge reversed an earlier ruling that would have allowed him to take the stand in a lawsuit over a botched police raid.
John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, the busiest trauma center in Illinois, is sounding an alarm, as doctors brace for an influx of patients because of federal funding cuts under the Trump administration's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act."
The Bulls on Thursday sent Ayo Dosunmu and Julian Phillips to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Rob Dillingham, Leonard Miller and four second-round picks, as first reported by ESPN and The Athletic.
Six players made 3s for Illinois, which shot 17 of 38 from behind the arc and had just two turnovers.
Spencer Knight made 16 saves for the Blackhawks, who have dropped five of six.
The Chicago Bulls are trading Coby White to the Charlotte Hornets, reports said Wednesday.
Chicago cut Milwaukee's lead to 90-84 late in the third quarter, but couldn't get any closer.
Three people were in custody Thursday afternoon after a Chicago police officer fired at a suspect who ran from a stolen car that had hit a squad car, the CPD said.
Police in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Thursday were investigating a shooting that left one teen dead and another injured, while a third teen suffered a head injury.
Chicago police on Thursday were investigating two attempted burglaries involving ATMs in two city neighborhoods in the early-morning hours.
Investigators have no proof that the missing mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie is still alive but are holding out hope she is "still out there," the sheriff said.
A 17-year-old boy was charged Thursday in a shooting that wounded seven teens in front of the Chicago Theatre downtown right after the city's Christmas tree lighting ceremony in November.
