A second federal judge on Friday paused President Donald Trump’s executive order halting federal support for gender-affirming ...

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

Federal officials are asking a judge to bar the Illinois, Chicago, Cook County and the Cook County Sheriff from using local ...

A federal judge says he will continue to pause the Trump administration's federal employee buyout offer until he issues a ...

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.

A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s recent executive order aimed at restricting ...

The buyout plan has been promoted by Elon Musk, the head of President Donald Trump’s so-called Department of Government ...

R. Kelly’s racketeering and sex trafficking convictions, along with a 30-year prison sentence, were upheld Wednesday by a ...

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

President Donald Trump's effort to reduce the size of the federal government got a big boost yesterday. A federal judge cleared the way for the administration to offer buyouts to federal workers.

It appears to be the first Justice Department lawsuit against local officials for allegedly interfering with the Trump ...