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In the state fiscal year that ended in June, Illinois received over $20 billion in federal Medicaid funding, which made up about 62% of the total funding for Medicaid programs in Illinois, according to HFS

An inflation gauge closely watched by the Federal Reserve remained high last month even before the impact of most tariffs has been felt

The Will County Health Department is waiting to see how the Trump administration's decision to terminate federal grants on infectious disease prevention will impact local health concerns.

U.S. Rep. Sean Casten will join a statewide Democratic organization to host town hall meetings throughout Illinois

April 1 elections being conducted under existing state, federal law

The termination pulls back $125 million in funding for IDPH and 97 local public health departments

The U.S. cities most vulnerable to a trade war with Canada turn out to largely be in the states that helped return Donald Trump to the White House — a sign of the possible political risk he’s taking with his tariff plans

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Wednesday it was a “mistake” for national security officials to discuss sensitive military plans on a group text chain that also included a journalist

U.S. Rep. Sean Casten [D-Downers Grove] is calling the resignation of key members of the Trump administration following a breach of national security.

The Atlantic released the entire Signal chat among Trump senior national security officials Wednesday, showing that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth provided the exact timing of warplane launches and when bombs would drop

The move is likely to face swift challenges because states have broad authority to set their own election rules

The attempts by President Donald Trump and some of his administration’s top leaders to downplay a security breach that revealed military strike plans to a journalist stand in stark contrast to their reaction to Hillary Clinton’s use of a home server as secretary of state

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and 20 other state attorneys general are asking a federal judge to immediately halt President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education

The use of messaging app Signal to discuss a sensitive operation has opened the administration to blistering criticism from Democratic lawmakers

U.S. consumer confidence fell for the fourth straight month as Americans’ anxiety about future expectations declined to a 12-year low amid rising concern over tariffs and inflation

Gov. JB Pritzker and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton continued their “Standing Up for Illinois” statewide tour Thursday with a stop in Romeoville alongside U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood and advocates from Will County senior and disability organizations.

Top national security officials for President Donald Trump, including his defense secretary, texted war plans for upcoming military strikes in Yemen to a group chat in a secure messaging app that included the editor-in-chief for The Atlantic

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker spoke in Romeoville Thursday alongside Congresswoman Lauren Underwood and local advocates to criticize the Trump administration's proposed cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.

A group of pro-Palestinian protestors shut down a town hall meeting held Wednesday night by U.S. Rep. Sean Casten (D-Downers Grove).

A “Tesla Takedown” drew more peaceful protesters than expected Tuesday in Lisle.

The Fed also now expects the economy to grow more slowly this year and next than it did three months ago

In an effort to limit fraudulent claims, the Social Security Administration will impose tighter identity-proofing measures — which will require millions of recipients and applicants to visit agency field offices rather than interact with the agency over the phone

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development likely violated the Constitution in an order that blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from making further cuts to the agency

Joliet schools wait to see how President Trump's trade war with Canada will impact the costs of their ongoing construction projects.

President Donald Trump plans to cut 80,000 jobs at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, which provides health care to 9 million vets. But some DeKalb County veterans are opposed, saying Friday cuts will hurt an already understaffed agency and in turn those who've sacrificed in service.

The Illinois State Board of Education is seeking clarification on federal funding following Trump Administration's announced Department of Education cuts.

Eliminating the department altogether would be a cumbersome task, which likely would require an act of Congress

President Donald Trump has officially increased tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to 25%

Nearly 300 people gathered in front of Sterling’s Grandon Civic Center and post office Friday to protest President Donald Trump and Department of Government Efficiency head Elon Musk. However, not everyone at the protest disagreed with Trump’s policies.

The drama on Tuesday delivered a win for Trump but also amplified concerns about tariffs that have roiled the stock market and stirred recession risks

The Supreme Court has weighed in twice on President Donald Trump’s rapid-fire efforts to remake the federal government

At 83 years old, Bernie Sanders has emerged as an unlikely leader of the Democratic resistance to Donald Trump

President Trump isn’t ruling out the possibility of a recession this year

Some members of the Ukrainian community are concerned that a peace deal with Russia would only benefit Vladimir Putin

U.S. employers added solid 151,000 jobs last month, but the outlook is cloudy as President Trump threatens a trade war, purges the federal workforce and promises to deport millions of immigrants

Scrambling to replace their health insurance and to find new work, some laid-off federal workers are running into another unexpected unpleasantry: Relatives cheering their firing

President Donald Trump on Thursday postponed 25% tariffs on many imports from Mexico and some imports from Canada for a month amid widespread fears of the economic fallout

Ripple effects of the Trump administration's crackdown on U.S. medical research promise to reach every corner of America

Veterans who have been abruptly fired from federal jobs say they feel betrayed by the Trump administration's dramatic downsizing of government

Tom Weitzel examines whether Trump administration policies will benefit the law enforcement community

President Donald Trump is granting a one-month exemption on his stiff new tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada for U.S. automakers, amid fears that the trade war could harm U.S. manufacturers

A sharply divided Supreme Court has rejected a Trump administration push to rebuke a federal judge who imposed a quick deadline to release billions of dollars in foreign aid

President Donald Trump has vowed to keep up his campaign of “swift and unrelenting action” in reorienting the nation’s economy, immigration and foreign policy in his address to Congress

Stocks racked up more losses on Wall Street Tuesday as a trade war between the U.S. and its key trading partners escalated, wiping out all the gains since Election Day for the S&P 500

Brenda Stewart, a farm owner in Pembroke Township, received grant funding through the state. She told Capitol News Illinois she is most worried about the people who depend on her farm and the grant program to eat healthy

The Trump administration has stopped reimbursing Illinois for a program designed to help farmers and supply fresh food to Illinois food banks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says last week’s Oval Office blowup with U.S. President Donald Trump was “regrettable,” and he adds: “It is time to make things right.”

President Donald Trump’s long-threatened tariffs against Canada and Mexico have gone into effect, kicking off a trade war with America's neighbors

Ukrainians are alarmed and apprehensive about a U.S. decision to pause military aid critical to their fight against Russia’s invasion, as a rift deepens between Kyiv and Washington

President Donald Trump will stand before a joint session of Congress to give an accounting of his turbulent first weeks in office as a divided nation struggles to keep pace