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The latest information on Illinois’ congressional delegation and how Washington politicians will affect your life, including insightful analysis from Sun-Times White House bureau chief Lynn Sweet.
A year ago, President Joe Biden marked the end of the holy month of Ramadan by holding a celebration at the White House. This year, Muslim invitees including the Palestinian American doctor, who treated wounded in Gaza, declined to join an iftar dinner.
Lou Conter was on the main deck of the Arizona as Japanese planes flew overhead at 7:55 a.m. on Dec. 7, 1941. About 87,000 military personnel were on Oahu that day, and about 19 survivors of the attack are estimated to still be alive.
Another federal judge in Chicago who also has dismissed gun cases based on the same Supreme Court ruling says the high court’s decision in what’s known as the Bruen case will “inevitably lead to more gun violence, more dead citizens and more devastated communities.”
The lawsuit challenges Illinois’ counting of mail-in-ballots after election day, and has potential impact in this presidential election year.
Joe Lieberman was a Democrat who ran for vice president with Al Gore in 2000 and became an independent and nearly joined the GOP ticket eight years later with Sen. John McCain.
NBC quickly cut ties with Ronna McDaniel after announcing her hire. She and others who aided and abetted Donald Trump want to use the good reputations of the very people they condemned and discredited — the news media — to reinvent themselves.
The president appears to have gotten less support from Cook County voters than any incumbent Democratic presidential candidate since Jimmy Carter 44 years ago.
The governor wants a better deal that would leave the door open for more federal funding and an incremental construction process, records show.
No Labels, the group that plans to field a third-party candidate in the presidential election, claims that it is only interested in fielding a ticket that can win outright and has no desire to serve as a spoiler. Polling shows otherwise.
This is not some dry, academic question, writes Max Stier of the Partnership for Public Service. It’s an issue in the upcoming presidential election, with profound consequences for the capability of our government to solve critical problems.
If the Supreme Court rules for the government in Murthy v. Missouri, it would give the government power to define “misinformation” and require it to be removed from social media. The First Amendment plainly forbids that.
U.S. Rep. Mike Bost declared victory at about 9:41 p.m., and Bailey conceded 15 minutes later. Democratic U.S. Reps. Sean Casten and Bill Foster held on to their suburban congressional seats.
Jesús “Chuy” García is a fixture in Chicago politics, with four decades as an alderperson, Cook County commissioner, state senator and two-time mayoral candidate.
Davis and fellow Chicago incumbent U.S. Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García scored easy wins to secure their places in the Illinois congressional delegation.
Illinois has the most operating nuclear reactors among all the states, but it’s been crickets from public officials on the potential weakening of nuclear oversight.
A long primary campaign season reaches its crescendo Tuesday. Here’s a final look at the top races on the ballot.
In all, 129,000 children, 68% of those 5 or younger, had lead in their home drinking water, a study found.
Turning around questions about age dogging Biden, he quipped, ‘Of course, the big news this week is two candidates clinched their parties’ nomination for president. One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other is me.’
On the final weekend of campaigning before Illinois polls open, candidates treaded two well-worn campaign paths: St. Patrick’s Day parades and churches across the city.
The push comes after similar efforts in Michigan and Minnesota shook President Biden’s reelection campaign, with more than 150,000 voters choosing to vote “uncommitted” over the president in those states’ primaries.
Using data from the Federal Election Commission, the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ analyzed the money from Illinois pumped — directly and indirectly — into the 2024 race for the White House.
John Ronan’s design concept for the triangular-shaped site at the National Mall will cast visitors in the role of investigative journalist, with themes of light and transparency.
Wadea Al-Fayoume, a 6-year-old from Plainfield, was slain Oct. 14. Law enforcement officials said he was a victim of a hate crime, targeted for his Muslim faith.
Creating an online Social Security account helps prevent someone from doing it without your knowledge.
Top White House officials are facing the same push-back in Chicago as they did from Palestinian and Muslim leaders in Michigan. Their visit comes as early voting is already underway in Tuesday’s Illinois primary.
Biden’s voters are telling him to do better, be better, whereas Trump’s voters love him even when he’s the absolute worst.
Though it’s unlikely to pass the current House and Senate, the proposal for the 2025 fiscal year offers a look at what could happen if Biden and enough other Democrats win in November. If it were to become law, deficits could be pruned $3 trillion over a decade. It would raise tax revenues by $4.9 trillion over that period and use roughly $1.9 trillion to fund various programs, with the rest going to deficit reduction.
President Joe Biden nominated Perry in June 2023 to replace former U.S. Attorney John Lausch. But she has since waited eight months to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate, longer than the last eight men to hold the position — with no end in sight.
Biden calls out ‘shrinkflation’ as part of a broader strategy to reframe how voters view the economy
Biden is trying to deflect criticism about high prices and instead pin the blame on big business.
President Joe Biden fired multiple broadsides at Donald Trump without mentioning his name as he worked to quell voter concerns about his age and job performance while sharpening the contrast with his all-but-certain November rival.