Iran ‘s foreign minister said Tuesday he’ll meet with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff in Oman for the first negotiations under the Trump administration seeking to halt Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program as tensions remain high in the Middle East.
U.S. President Donald Trump and China sparred over tariff hikes and other retaliatory moves on Tuesday, as governments elsewhere were brainstorming strategies to cope with the trade war between the global economic giants.
Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates reflects on the legacy of late union chief Karen Lewis at her posthumous memoir launch.
The Supreme Court on Monday lifted a court order blocking the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan migrants under an 18th century wartime law.
There wasn’t much drama in the latest Lake Bluff and Lake Forest elections, but many of the various boards will soon have some new perspective.
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday said he plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention soon to stop recommending fluoridation in communities nationwide. Kennedy also said he’s assembling a task force to focus on the issue.
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration hoped to trim almost $9 million from the 2025 budget, but has so far netted just $450,000.
Chief Justice John Roberts agreed Monday to pause a midnight deadline for the Trump administration to return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
Aldermen approved Cook County Commissioner Anthony Quezada as alderman of the 35th Ward Carlos Ramirez-Rosa resigned last month to lead the Chicago Park District.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday, becoming the first foreign leader to visit Trump since he unleashed tariffs on countries around the world.