Orthodox Jewish Democratic candidate said the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, pressured him to drop out to consolidate support for state Sen. Laura Fine.

New tax on online bets in Chicago is projected to raise $26.2 million in 2026 and was included in the recently passed city budget.

President Donald Trump’s administration announced on Tuesday that it’s freezing child care funds to Minnesota after a series of fraud schemes in recent years.

Starting Thursday, Americans in five states who get government help paying for groceries will see new restrictions on soda, candy and other foods they can buy with those benefits.

Environmental journalist Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of the late President John F. Kennedy, has died. She was 35.

Michael Cronin was an expert on West Side street gangs for the Chicago Public Department. He cultivated informants who helped convict some of the city’s most notorious criminals.

A newly unsealed order in the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia reveals that high-level Justice Department officials pushed for his indictment, calling it a “top priority,” only after he was mistakenly deported and then ordered returned to the U.S.

More artists have canceled scheduled performances at the Kennedy Center following the addition of President Donald Trump’s name to the facility, with jazz supergroup The Cookers pulling out of a planned New Year’s Eve concert.