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President Donald Trump has defended his decision to pardon people convicted of assaulting police officers during the attack on the Capitol and suggests there could be a place in U.S. politics for the Proud Boys extremist group

A Lockport woman who partially blamed U.S. President Donald Trump for her role in the 2021 U.S. Capitol riot is among five people from Will County who’ve been pardoned for their crimes.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s insistence that he wants to have the Panama Canal back under U.S. control is feeding nationalist sentiment and worry in Panama, home to the critical trade route and a country familiar with U.S. military intervention

President Donald Trump’s second inauguration seemed normal, but there were concerns about U.S. democracy lingering just beneath the surface

President Donald Trump says he is pardoning about 1,500 of his supporters who have been charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack

The Senate has confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state, giving President Donald Trump the first member of his Cabinet

President Donald Trump's Inauguration Day speeches were punctuated by several false or misleading claims, many of which he has made before

President Donald Trump’s second inaugural address features similar themes to his first: a sweeping indictment of the country he inherits and grand promises to fix its problems

Pope Francis says Donald Trump’s plans to impose mass deportations of immigrants would be a “disgrace.”

President Donald Trump will sign a series of executive orders designed to beef up security at the southern border by relying more on the U.S. military and redefining who gets to become an American

Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th president

Illinois state law generally prohibits local law enforcement from participating in immigration enforcement, according to the Illinois Attorney General’s Office.

A poll finds that despite Donald Trump's claims of an “unprecedented and powerful mandate,” the incoming Republican president lacks broad support for some of his top priorities

“People are very scared, very concerned, so we try to reassure them, at least,” Sylvia Acosta Chavez, executive director of the Spanish Community Center in Joliet, said in regards to the incoming Trump administrations deportation plans,

President-elect Donald Trump used a raucous rally on the eve of his inauguration to promise swift Day 1 action remaking the federal government, shifting federal priorities at breakneck speed and ensuring that “the curtain closes on four long years of American decline.”

Immigrants in Chicago and other U.S. cities have been preparing for immigration arrests since President-elect Donald Trump won the November election

Two days before Christmas, a group led by President-elect Donald Trump's chief architect of immigration policy wrote to state, county and city officials in so-called “sanctuary” jurisdictions to threaten criminal prosecution, jail time and their personal finances

The operation will be concentrated in the Chicago area, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because plans have not been made public. Arrests are expected all week.

McHenry County Sheriff Robb Tadelman says state law limits his office’s ability to work with ICE on the mass deportations that President-elect Donald Trump has promised.

Several members of the suburban delegation to Congress won’t attend Donald Trump’s inauguration Monday

Many U.S. adults are skeptical about President-elect Donald Trump's ability to bring down costs

Her often-testy confirmation hearing centered on concerns that Trump would seek to use the Justice Department’s law enforcement powers to exact retribution against opponents

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is promising to implement President-elect Donald Trump’s “America First” vision as secretary of state

As President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, Pam Bondi, gets set for her Senate confirmation hearings, only about 2 in 10 U.S. adults are “extremely” or “very” confident the Justice Department will act in a fair and nonpartisan manner during his second term

“None of those three countries are in ASEAN,” said Duckworth, a Democrat from Illinois. “I suggest you do a little homework.”

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Defense Secretary is facing senators for the first time after weeks of questions from Democrats and praise from Republicans about his “unconventional” resume

Pete Hegseth vows to bring “warrior culture’” to the military if confirmed as President-elect Donald Trump’s defense secretary pick

Though most of the details of Trump’s efforts to undo the election are already well established, the document includes for the first time a detailed assessment from Smith about his investigation

U.S. Rep Brad Schneider hopes the New Democrat Coalition will be able to collaborate with the Republican majority to shape legislation over the next two years and possibly beyond.

U.S. flags at President-elect Donald Trump's private Mar-a-Lago club are back to flying at full height

Incoming senior Trump officials have begun questioning career civil servants serving on the White House National Security Council about who they voted for,

Some current and former defense leaders and veterans are questioning whether Pete Hegseth would be able to enforce discipline in the ranks if the Senate confirms him as President-elect Donald Trump's defense secretary

Democratic representatives Lauren Underwood and Sean Casten have proposed legislation that would raise the amount of state and local taxes that can be deducted from federal tax returns

President-elect Donald Trump has tossed expansionist rhetoric at U.S. allies and potential adversaries

Conservative lawmakers across the U.S. are pushing to introduce more Christianity to public school classrooms, testing the separation of church and state

President-elect Donald Trump has been formally sentenced in his New York hush money case, but the judge has declined to impose any punishment

A divided Supreme Court has rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s bid to delay sentencing in his New York hush money case

President-elect Donald Trump emerged from a lengthy Capitol Hill meeting with Senate Republicans with no set strategy for tackling his legislative priorities

Since winning a second term, the president-elect has been embracing a new imperialist agenda

President-elect Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to call off Friday’s sentencing in his hush money case in New York

President-elect Donald Trump says that he would move to try to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” a name he said has a “beautiful ring to it.”

President-elect Donald Trump says he won't rule out the use of military force to seize control of the Panama Canal and Greenland as he declared U.S. control of both to be vital to American national security

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the public release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report on investigations into President-elect Donald Trump as an appeals court weighs a challenge

Fresh from pouring his money and energies into helping Donald Trump win re-election, Elon Musk has trained his sights on Europe

Congress has certified Donald Trump as the 2024 presidential election winner without challenge

Donald Trump’s return to power has thrown into question the future of the more than 1,500 federal cases brought over the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol four years ago

In an extraordinary turn, a judge Friday set President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case for Jan. 10

A new poll finds that Republican voters are once again confident in the accuracy of U.S. elections now that Donald Trump has won

Officials say the person who died when a Tesla Cybertruck packed with explosives burst into flames outside President-elect Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel was an active-duty U.S. Army soldier and member of its elite Green Berets

Mike Johnson is fighting for his political life, again