Turnout appears on pace with, if not slightly higher than, past off-year elections, local clerks’ offices said on Tuesday.
Category: Politics
Debate resumes over 8 p.m. curfew for teens downtown after boy is shot during ‘teen takeover’ in Streeterville Friday: ‘I couldn’t even go into my door’
Residents, including a Streeterville neighborhood group, are calling on Mayor Brandon Johnson to stop the “reckless and unlawful behavior.”
Cory Booker sets a record with marathon Senate speech. Will it rally anti-Trump resistance?
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that set a historic mark to show Democrats’ resistance to President Donald Trump’s sweeping actions.
Collegiate transgender athlete ban gets initial Indiana Senate approval
A bill that would ban transgender women from collegiate sports passed on second reading in the Senate Tuesday, with amendments proposed by Democrats voted down by the Republican supermajority.
Here’s where jobs and programs are being cut at the nation’s top health agencies
Thousands of people responsible for tracking health trends and disease outbreaks, conducting and funding medical research, monitoring the safety of food and medicine, and administering health insurance programs were laid off Tuesday.
Republicans reject Speaker Johnson’s effort to block moms and dads in House from proxy voting
House Speaker Mike Johnson endured a decisive defeat Tuesday after he staged an unusually aggressive effort to squash a proposal for new parents in Congress to able to vote by proxy, rather than in person, as they care for newborns.
Social Security Administration probes origin of website portal outage
The Social Security Administration said Tuesday that it is investigating the root cause of website outages that have affected the “my Social Security” portal where recipients access their benefits.
Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ is unlikely to free businesses from uncertainty surrounding trade policy
President Donald Trump says his tariff announcements slated for Wednesday will amount to a “Liberation Day” for the United States.
Lawmakers from 4 states — including Illinois — weigh whether to give athletes a tax break on NIL earnings
At least four states — Illinois, Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana — are considering giving college athletes tax breaks on endorsement income.
Chicago drivers can pay old tickets without late fees under amnesty plan
Mayor Brandon Johnson announced a ticket penalty amnesty program Tuesday after working the plan into his 2025 budget passed in December.