Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a bid by the Trump administration to deploy National Guard members to the Chicago area while a legal challenge moves forward, delivering a setback to President Trump in his effort to use federalized troops in Illinois to ensure enforcement of federal immigration …
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: PowerPoints from lectures in an introductory education course at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are riddled with far-left lessons teaching future educators to view their students through the lenses of racial and sexual oppression. A student whistleblower sent six weeks worth …
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The man accused of randomly setting a woman on fire while on a Chicago transit train this week has been slapped with a federal terrorism charge, marking the latest instance of violence on public transit that continues to plague the country. Lawrence …
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Kim Byers will never forget the strange contractor who walked into her job and later murdered her childhood friend. On Dec. 11, 1978, John Wayne Gacy walked into Nisson Pharmacy in Des Plaines, Illinois, to take measurements for what he called “a …
Members of the Texas National Guard have begun arriving at a U.S. Army Reserve facility in Chicago’s far southwestern suburbs, where they’re expected to participate in training before they are sent on their assignments to protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and facilities. On Tuesday afternoon, CBS News Chicago …
Washington — The fight for control of the House in the 2026 midterm elections is underway — long before a single ballot is cast next year. Texas is fighting to enact a GOP-led redistricting effort that would give Republicans five more seats in the state and help them hold their …
Illinois State Police said the driver who plowed into a building housing an after-school program in downstate Chatham, Illinois, that killed three children and one teenager, was not intoxicated at the time of the crash. In a Thursday afternoon update, Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly said initial toxicology results …
Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin announced Wednesday morning he is retiring and will not run for reelection in 2026. The decision of whether to run for re-election has not been easy. I truly love the job of being a United States Senator. But in my heart, I know it’s time to …
Melissa Calusinski has served 16 years of a 31-year prison sentence for the death of Benjamin Kingan, a 16-month-old whom she cared for at an Illinois day care center. She has long insisted she is innocent. “This is not where I belong,” Calusinski told “48 Hours” correspondent Erin Moriarty. “I’m …
Before the fire that set Melissa Lamesch‘s home ablaze on Nov. 25, 2020, the day had started with excited anticipation. Melissa was due to give birth to a baby boy in just two days, and Thanksgiving was a day away. Cassie Baal: She was gonna have a nice private Thanksgiving …