Pritzker promises to uphold state's immigration laws amid possible ICE raids
As President Donald Trump takes office this week, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is pledging to uphold state laws relating to immigration amid White House pressures.
Feds begin dismissing Jan. 6 cases against Illinoisans after President Trump issues blanket pardon
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday began the process of formally dismissing cases against more than four dozen Illinoisans charged with playing a role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker vow to push back on President Trump as he takes oath
Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker delivered their opening salvos Monday against Republican President Donald Trump and his second term in the White House, setting a defiant tone in their defense of immigrant rights and other liberal causes over the next four years.
WTHI-TV12h
Pritzker criticizes Trump’s courting of tech CEOs, lack of communication
A wave of executive orders and bold pronouncements of his vision for the country highlighted President Donald Trump’s first day back in the White House Monday.
Illinois officials lament another Trump administration — 'He does not care about ordinary Americans'
While Democrats, who control all statewide offices in Illinois, vowed to fight President Donald Trump in his return to the White House, state Republicans welcomed a new term of "hope, prosperity and freedom.
Illinois Congressional Democrats plot ways to blunt policies after Trump takes office
Democrats in Congress representing the Chicago area looking for ways to limit the scope of President-elect’s Donald Trump’s plans.
A federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship
A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship regardless of the parents’ immigration status.
What does Trump's second term mean for Chicago?
After years of warm relations with the Biden White House, a grim reality sets in for Illinois, with Donald Trump inauguration as president Monday. No high-level player in this blue state has any particular entrée to the Trump world,
Gov. JB Pritzker criticizes President Trump's courting of tech CEOs, lack of communication
A wave of executive orders and bold pronouncements of his vision for the country highlighted President Donald Trump's first day back in the White House Monday.
NPR Illinois6h
President Trump's suspension of asylum marks a break from U.S. past
Lee Gelernt with the ACLU said the action goes "way beyond anything that even President Trump has tried in the past."
The Latest: Trump tells Davos his tariffs would bring ‘trillions’ into US treasury
President Donald Trump is remaking the traditional boundaries of Washington, asserting unprecedented executive power and daring anyone to stop him
Brad Weisenstein: Rally around the Illinois flag we’ve already got
Vote for the current Illinois flag not because it is so great, but because anything else wastes our tax dollars.