(CHICAGO) -- Melissa Conyears-Ervin is getting some pushback after saying Thursday her office will no longer invest the city's money in U.S. Treasury Bonds. Ald. Ray Lopez (15th) was the first to raise issue with her proposal and went back and forth with her for five minutes...

(CHICAGO) -- The Department of Homeland Security says a member of Sen. Tammy Duckworth's (D-IL) office misrepresented himself as the attorney of a detained illegal immigrant to facilitate their release. Fox News was the first to report the story. According to a letter sent W...

(PHILADELPHIA) -- The last penny will be minted today at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. The president ordered the end of the penny as it has cost almost 4 cents per penny to mint. The mint has been striking pennies since 1793. Most retailers say they will round up or down to...

(CHICAGO) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says a man is now in custody for allegedly firing shots at an agent in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood over the weekend. In a social media post, DHS officials say that a "criminal illegal alien from Mexico"...

(CHICAGO) -- The FAA has ordered reduced capacity at 40 airports across the country. O'Hare and Midway could see capacity cut by up to 10-percent. Air traffic controllers and TSA officers have been unpaid for six weeks. Some have calling out sick, straining air travel. The c...

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered authorities to improve a Chicago-area immigration facility after a group of detainees sued, alleging they were being kept in "inhumane" conditions. The order will be in effect for 14 days. It requires officials to provide detain...