The Latest Breaking News from Rahm Emanuel

A development group plans to preserve the building as a mixed-use property with office, retail and hotel space — and with the state retaining about a 30% ownership. The 37-year-old building has its share of problems, including leaky ceilings, temperature issues and less than desirable office…

Gov. J.B. Pritzker is working with Sen. Tammy Duckworth, and Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s team and a litany of other top Democrats in the state to start laying the extensive groundwork needed to put together a bid for what would the city’s first major political convention since 1996.

The U.S. Embassy in Tokyo was lit up in the blue and yellow to evoke the Ukrainian flag on Wednesday evening, in a show of support for and solidarity with Ukraine.

U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia said the incumbent mayor faces really long odds, but he all but ruled himself out as a possible challenger.

The new U.S. ambassador to Japan has been busy giving gifts in his new job.

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel took a train Thursday to visit Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, where a U.S. Navy base is located.

Japan has decided to divert some of its gas reserves to Europe amid growing concern over disruptions of supplies due to the Ukraine crisis

The new U.S. ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel, has pledged to work “wholeheartedly” to deepen Washington’s alliance with Tokyo as he met with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida

CHICAGO — The shooting of Laquan McDonald triggered a momentous police reform effort that spawned a scathing Justice Department report and an extensive consent decree and for the first time added community members directly into Chicago police oversight.