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If either Sergio Acosta or April Perry are picked to be the next U.S. attorney based in Chicago, it will be the first time a non-white male has held the job.

According to Everytown for Gun Safety, there already have been at least 58 unintentional shootings by children in 2023.

If any issue can bring notoriously polarized Washington together across party lines — and should — it is the need to protect America’s children from such perils as those to be found in abundance on the internet.

The office of Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman says he has checked himself into the hospital for clinical depression

Democrats in Congress are increasingly voicing their concerns over Netanyahu’s controversial judicial overhaul plan.

After a series of statements by US administration spokespeople criticizing the Israeli government's policy to carry out a coup against the judiciary, more and more US lawmakers are speaking up and warning that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is putting his interest above Israel's. Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Dick…

The Bureau of Prisons is shutting down a unit at its newest penitentiary in Illinois, following an investigation by NPR and The Marshall Project that exposed it was rife with violence and abuse.

While House Republicans chase Twitter conspiracy theories, social media drives a serious mental health crisis

With Americans’ trust in the Supreme Court at an all-time low, the nine justices in Washington ought to take a look at how Illinois does things.