The choice of how Donald Trump fills his highest-profile Cabinet selection, treasury secretary, will be the clearest indication yet of how he intends to wield import tariffs in his new administration.
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Biden seeks nearly $100 billion in emergency disaster aid after Hurricanes Helene and Milton
President Joe Biden is requesting nearly $100 billion in emergency disaster aid after Hurricanes Helene and Milton, and other natural disasters, telling lawmakers that the money is “urgently needed.”
Greece to repay chunk of bailout debt early and touts recovery during anger over cost of living
Greece will make an early repayment of 5 billion euros ($5.3 billion) in bailout-era debt in 2025, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told a banking conference in Athens on Monday, describing the move as a signal of the country’s fiscal recovery.
Herlda Senhouse, the second-oldest U.S. resident, dies at age 113
Herlda Senhouse, who founded a jazz dance group to raise money for Black students in the 1950s and lived to become the second-oldest person in the United States, has died at age 113.
Photos: New renderings of Northwestern’s upgraded Ryan Field, set to open in 2026
Northwestern unveiled renderings of the new-look Ryan Field on Monday. It is scheduled to open in 2026.
First snowflakes of the season could drop in Chicago Wednesday
Chicagoans may be greeted with the season’s first snow on Wednesday night into early Thursday morning, but no accumulation is expected.
Illinois and Wisconsin join the men’s Top 25 as top basketball teams jumble under No. 1 Kansas
Kansas strengthened its grip on No. 1 in the AP Top 25. The rest of the top 10 turned into a jumble of teams swapping places.
Mike Tyson-Jake Paul fight draws record betting for a combat sports event
Jake Paul’s unanimous victory over former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson might have been disappointing from a competitive standpoint, but it drew record betting.
Donald Trump thinks he can fix golf’s mess. He started by playing golf with PGA Tour commissioner for 4 hours.
Donald Trump boasted during the campaign he would need about 15 minutes to get a deal done between the PGA Tour and the Saudi investors of LIV Golf. That started with four hours on the golf course with PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan.
74-year-old man in critical condition after Monday morning shooting in North Center
The man got out of his vehicle around 9 a.m. in the 2000 block of West Berteau Avenue. At that time, two people began shooting him