Congress on Thursday passed President Donald Trump’s so-called “Big, Beautiful Bill,” which the president is expected to sign into law. The tax and spending plan cuts federal funding for services such ...

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GOP MOVES: Richard Porter, a battle-hardened Republican Party loyalist, is considering a bid for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin, who’s retiring. Porter sees an opening ...

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While Chicago-area public media outlets WBEZ and WTTW will get hurt if the Senate OK’s cuts, smaller stations in rural areas ...

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Chicago’s lakefront is famously open and free. So why is a prime section of Montrose Beach roped off every summer? Because it’s for the birds. Literally. The piping plovers. WTTW News explains ...

A Hispanic American Chicago family who said their 5- and 9-year-old children were traumatized by guns pointed at them during a bungled 2017 no-knock ...

Evidence of early 20th-century queer nightlife can be challenging to find, but a few clubs boldly operated in 1920s Chicago.

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Homeland Security officers arrived in force on Tuesday at Chicago's National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture.