Tag Archives: Illinois

The Trump administration has moved to halt the nation’s first reparations program that provides financial assistance to Black residents affected by decades of housing discrimination, joining an ongoing lawsuit that argues the initiative violates the U.S. Constitution. The U.S. Department of Justice filed court documents Tuesday seeking to block Evanston, …

Democrats are hoping President Donald Trump’s unpopularity and voter discontent with the economy and cost of living will help them flip control of the U.S. House — and achieve the even more difficult hurdle of winning back the U.S. Senate. Republicans currently control the Senate 53 to 47 and senators …

Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton has won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, NBC News projects, defeating two sitting members of Congress in a high-profile and expensive race to replace retiring Sen. Dick Durbin. Stratton overcame Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Robin Kelly, consolidating support in vote-rich areas and benefiting from …

A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to continue sending billions of dollars in child care subsidies and other social service funds to five Democratic-led states, temporarily blocking an effort by the administration to withhold the money amid allegations of fraud. U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick granted the …

The Trump administration on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to immediately allow the deployment of National Guard troops in Illinois, arguing that federal agents conducting immigration enforcement face threats and assaults in the Chicago area. The emergency request follows multiple rulings by lower courts — including the 7th U.S. …

President Donald Trump escalated his war of words with two top Illinois Democrats on Wednesday, saying in a Truth Social post that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker “should be in jail” for opposing his administration’s deployment of federalized National Guard troops to the state. “Chicago Mayor should …

Illinois officials filed a lawsuit Monday to stop the Trump administration from deploying federalized National Guard troops to Chicago, arguing that the move is unconstitutional and represents a dangerous overreach of presidential power. The complaint, filed in federal court by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul on behalf of the state …

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Saturday aimed at curbing the reach of federal law enforcement and National Guard troops, preemptively challenging President Donald Trump’s threats to deploy them to Illinois. “We must take immediate, drastic action to protect our people from federal overreach,” Johnson, a Democrat, said …

Peter Hancock, Capitol News Illinois A federal judge in East St. Louis on Friday struck down Illinois’ assault weapons ban on the grounds that it violates the Second and 14th amendments to the U.S. Constitution and issued an order barring the state from enforcing it. That order, however, was stayed …

Rebekah Barber Originally published by The 19th On January 1, Illinois will become the first state in the country to officially eliminate its cash bail system when the Pretrial Fairness Act goes into effect. Under the new system, a person will only be detained before trial if a judge determines …

Dozens of people are dead, and search efforts are ongoing after a historic tornado outbreak and rounds of severe weather ripped through several states Friday and Saturday. Bodies were pulled from a candle factory destroyed in Kentucky, and deaths were confirmed at an Amazon facility that was ripped apart in …

Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) — a high-profile critic of former President Donald Trump and his loyalists — won’t seek reelection to Congress in 2022, he announced Friday. The six-term lawmaker from Illinois who has drawn national attention from the GOP for voting to impeach Trump, and for serving on the House …

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed a bill aimed at ending discrimination based mostly on hairstyles — particularly these related to race, together with protecting Black hairstyles — in Illinois schools. The new legislation says schools “will not prohibit hairstyles historically associated with race, ethnicity, or hair texture, including, …

Former Defense Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, who presided over the Pentagon when the United States went to war against Iraq and Afghanistan, has died. “It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of Donald Rumsfeld, an American statesman and devoted husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather,” …

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed Senate Bill 825 Thursday, which aims at expanding voting access throughout the state. The bill would also move the March 15 primary in 2022 back to June 28 as the state experiences delays in the new Census numbers due to COVID-19. The bill includes making …