The Senate confirmed Doug Burgum as interior secretary late Thursday after President Donald Trump tapped the North Dakota ...

Jurors started deliberating at the public corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in Chicago. Judge John Robert Blakey handed the case to the jury shortly after 3 p.m.

The immediate threat by the Trump administration of cutting off federal funding seems to have passed, but the incident is affecting Gov. JB Pritzker's thinking on what promises to be a tight state ...

Fury and frustration was displayed Thursday as alders and business owners laid out their views on hemp and how it should be ...

An American Airlines plane that was landing in Washington, D.C., and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on a training flight ...

The National Women’s Soccer League announced that Denver has been awarded the league’s 16th franchise and will begin play in ...

Illinois lawmakers are happy a federal judge halted President Trump's federal funding freeze Tuesday, but they aren't relying ...

Sixty-seven passengers and crew died in Wednesday night's crash between a regional American Airlines jet and a Blackhawk ...

Nothing is more dangerous than getting between JB Pritzker and the buffet table!” Elon Musk wrote from his personal account ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 30, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important ...

Sean Harden, a Chicago native who has worked in real estate and workforce development, is leading the new partly elected ...

Texas has banned sanctuary cities since 2018, and Mayor Ron Nirenberg says San Antonio cooperates with federal immigration ...