In response to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot four years ago, Congress passed new rules to govern the presidential certification ...

Dr. Rachel Levine is the highest ranking, out transgender person ever to serve in the federal government. Her tenure at HHS ...

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers over the weekend teed up bills on issues ranging from clean energy and criminal justice to ...

The fate of TikTok will be decided by the Supreme Court, which will hear arguments on Jan. 10 over a law requiring TikTok to ...

President Joe Biden has signed into law a measure that boosts Social Security payments for current and former public ...

The new law is expected to hasten Social Security’s insolvency date by about half a year and reduce lifetime benefits by ...

Gaza’s health ministry said that 88 people had been killed over the past day. Israeli and Hamas officials have been holding indirect cease-fire talks via mediators in Qatar. By Hiba Yazbek and ...

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With the calendar’s turn to 2025, a number of new laws and changes have taken effect, both across Illinois from state ...

More cities are punishing people without homes after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year that it doesn't violate the ...

Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, the bishop of the Catholic Diocese of San Diego, was named by Pope Francis on Jan. 6, 2025 as the ...