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The order takes effect at noon Friday. It said the deployment violated the Tenth Amendment and exceeded Trump's statutory authority.
Iran said it built and will activate a third nuclear enrichment facility, after the U.N. atomic watchdog censured Iran.
Gov. JB Pritzker, along with his counterparts in New York and Minnesota, is appearing before the House Oversight Committee this morning to discuss state immigration policies. Follow live updates here.
House panels are weighing legislation that would create a national standard for payments to athletes and protect the NCAA against lawsuits.
CHICAGO — Michael J. Madigan stepped onto Illinois’ public stage as a young man in the late 1960s, when he was elected as one of 118 delegates to the state constitutional convention in Springfield.
Security officers forcefully removed U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., from a Thursday news conference on immigration being held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
Opponents of President Donald Trump's administration are scheduled to rally in hundreds of cities Saturday during the military parade in Washington.
About 6 in 10 Americans say Saturday's parade is "not a good use" of government money, according to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
Mattoon Police Chief Sam Gaines said authorities continue to investigate the incident death of the 17-year-old female.
Hippotherapy is a type of physical, occupational and speech therapy where the movement of a horse is used to treat a patient’s specific disability or disorder.
Director Mike Flanagan may understand Stephen King’s darker side better than most, but he also has a good handle on the author’s sentimental bent. “The Life of Chuck” mines both.
Opponents of President Trump's administration are set to rally in nearly 2,000 communities this weekend. Locally, a protest is slated for noon to 2 p.m. at Morton Park in Charleston.