Following President Donald Trump’s vow to deploy the National Guard in Chicago, city officials and residents are preparing to ...

The Mexican independence celebration “El Grito Chicago,” originally scheduled for Sept. 13 and 14 at Grant Park in downtown Chicago, has been postponed due to possible ICE activity and ...

I recently found myself agreeing with President Trump. “I want to try and get to heaven, if possible,” he told the hosts of Fox and Friends, while discussing his motivations for trying to broker an ...

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President Donald Trump on Monday continued to take aim at Chicago as the city braces for expected federal intervention.

It’s the latest chapter in an ongoing war of words – and insults – between Trump and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, amid a ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will send in the National Guard to help fight crime in Chicago as the city braces for the administration's planned immigration crackdown in ...

President Donald Trump signed several executive orders today, including one that threatens to revoke federal funding from jurisdictions with cashless bail systems, such as Chicago. Before signing the ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Summer break is coming to an end Sunday for more than 300,000 Chicago Public Schools students. Students are headed back to class tomorrow. Meanwhile, the school district is still ...