Politics

FILE – The Department of Justice seal is seen during a news conference Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)

Trump administration asks judge to toss suit restricting access to abortion medication

By Lindsay Whitehurst

May 5, 2025 at 6:33 p.m.

The Trump administration on Monday asked a judge to toss out a lawsuit from three...

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters after disembarking Marine One upon arrival on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Sunday, May 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Trump has threatened a 100% tariff on movies made outside the US. Here’s what we know

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips

May 5, 2025 at 6:30 p.m.

President Donald Trump is opening a new salvo in his tariff war, targeting films made...

Guy "Chip" Chipparoni waits to greet the plane carrying the Stanley Cup at Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling ahead of Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz's day with the cup on Aug. 9, 2015. Chipparoni is president and CEO of Res Publica Group, a PR firm whose clients include the Wirtz family’s corporation, which owns the Blackhawks. (Michael Noble Jr./Chicago Tribune)

Mayor Brandon Johnson names PR veteran to lead Chicago tourism agency board

By A.D. Quig

May 5, 2025 at 5:24 p.m.

Guy Chipparoni is the President and CEO Of Res Publica Group, a PR firm whose...

Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israel plans to capture all of Gaza under new plan, officials say

By Sam Mednick

May 5, 2025 at 3:47 p.m.

Israel approved plans Monday to capture the entire Gaza Strip and remain in the Palestinian...

FILE – With the Capitol in the background, Kali wears a trans equality flag in her hair while attending a rally for the Trans Day of Visibility on the National Mall, March 31, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

President Donald Trump is swiftly undoing transgender protections in HUD’s housing policies

By Heather Hollingsworth

May 5, 2025 at 8:16 a.m.

The Trump administration is swiftly remaking housing policy as the U.S. Department of Housing and...

Keyon plays basketball with his cousins near the intersection of South Laflin and West 63rd streets during the first week of spring in the West Englewood community on March 24, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

Appeals system raised property tax bills for Cook County homeowners, report says

By A.D. Quig

May 5, 2025 at 11:01 a.m.

Cook County homeowners’ bills grew by a total of about 7% over the span of...

A bird flies above Alcatraz Island on May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, California. (Noah Berger/AP)

President Donald Trump says he’s going to reopen Alcatraz prison. Doing so would be difficult and costly

By Jill Colvin

May 5, 2025 at 11:35 a.m.

President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the...

Specialist Alex Weitzman works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

How the stock market made back all its losses after Donald Trump escalated the trade war

By Associated Press

May 4, 2025 at 2:08 p.m.

It felt much longer, but the U.S. stock market needed just a few weeks to...

A Lebanese man checks a polling list for his name before voting at a polling station during municipal elections in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, May 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Battered by war and economic crisis, Lebanon holds first local elections in almost 10 years

By Ali Sharafeddine

May 4, 2025 at 1:34 p.m.

Lebanese voted Sunday in the country’s first local elections in almost a decade, months after...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a news conference on the Autism report by the CDC at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Cuts have eliminated more than a dozen US government health-tracking programs

By Mike Stobbe

May 4, 2025 at 12:39 p.m.

More than a dozen data-gathering programs that track deaths and disease appear to have been...

This photo combo shows Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, right, speaking during the McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club Dinner, April 27, 2025, in Manchester, N.H. and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaking during a "Fighting Oligarchy" tour event at Arizona State University, March 20, 2025, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Reba Saldanha)

Gov. JB Pritzker and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: A billionaire and a former bartender emerge as Trump resistance leaders

By Bill Barrow

May 4, 2025 at 12:19 p.m.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, have seen their national...

President Donald Trump arrives to give a commencement address at the University of Alabama, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump, in a new interview, says he doesn’t know if he backs due process rights

By Aamer Madhani

May 4, 2025 at 3:31 p.m.

President Donald Trump, in a new interview, was circumspect about his duties to uphold due...

Arlington Park’s rebirth: What closing the deal on a Bears stadium represents for the Northwest suburb’s new mayor

By Andrew Carter

May 4, 2025 at 7:44 p.m.

The Chicago Bears have flirted with building a stadium in Arlington Heights for more than...