Courts have become Democrats' best chance of thwarting President Donald Trump's efforts to significantly downsize and reshape the federal government.

A judge said in a ruling Friday that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could not terminate employees without cause, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the agency.

Imprisoned former Ald. Edward M. Burke's Burnham Committee gave the money to a fund for Justice Joy V. Cunningham days after ...

The stoppage is now catching the ire of at least one local group that’s planning to protest the hospital's decision.

Rod Blagojevich was freed from a federal prison in Colorado in February 2020, 16 months after former President Donald Trump commuted the 14-year sentence of the former Illinois Gov. Nearly five years ...

But the elections board quickly moved the matter to federal court ... told the panel Monday. The appeals judges quickly jumped in with questions about the case, focused on developments in the ...

The verdict capped an unpredictable four-month trial that gave jurors an up-front and uncensored look at the practice of behind-the-scenes politics in Chicago and Illinois in the previous decade.

A Chicago man is facing up to 20 years in federal prison after admitting to fraudulently collecting more than $1.5 million in ...

On Feb. 7, several sanctuary cities, led by San Francisco and including Portland, New Haven, Santa Clara and Kings County, ...

Michael J. Madigan, former Illinois House Speaker, was convicted of federal charges including conspiracy and bribery, after a ...

The 2nd Circuit rejected Kelly’s arguments that the trial evidence was inadequate, the constitutionality of some state laws ...

The Justice Department announced Wednesday it was suing New York state over its policy of limiting cooperation with federal ...