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(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 rais...

(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 releas...

(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 st...

(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 p...

(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 un...

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 ...

(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-California) has announced she will not seek reelection. Pelosi was first elected to Congress in 1987. She made history as the House's first female speaker in ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments over President Donald Trump's tariffs, a key part of his economic and foreign policy. The case involves the tariffs first announced in April on almost all U...

(CHICAGO) -- A judge is expected to decide today whether or not to issue a emergency restraining order with regards to conditions at the ICE facility in Broadview. In court Tuesday, detainees testifie...

A federal judge is expected to hear arguments Tuesday after Illinois groups sued federal authorities last week for what they described as "inhumane" conditions at a Chicago-area immigration facility. ...