Top U.S. and Russian officials had their most extensive high-level engagement since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine almost three years ago, meeting for four hours Tuesday before President Donald Trump suggested that Kyiv was to blame for the conflict.
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Federal judge won’t immediately block Elon Musk or DOGE from federal data or worker layoffs
A federal judge refused Tuesday to immediately block billionaire Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing government data systems or participating in worker layoffs.
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on IVF. Here’s what you should know about the procedure
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order aiming to reduce the costs of in vitro fertilization, a medical procedure that helps people facing infertility build their families.
Nearly 300 deportees from US held in Panama hotel as officials try to return them to their countries
Panama is detaining in a hotel nearly 300 people from various countries deported under U.S. President Donald Trump, not allowing them to leave while waiting for international authorities to organize a return to their countries.
Democratic leaders paint brighter fiscal picture ahead of Gov. JB Pritzker’s budget address
Illinois Democratic General Assembly leaders who had braced for a more than $3 billion budget deficit said the outlook improved.
Today in Chicago History: Arrest photo of a young Bernie Sanders emerges
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 19, according to the Tribune’s archives.
RFK Jr. says panel will examine childhood vaccine schedule after promising not to change it
To earn the vote he needed to become the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a promise: He would not change the nation’s current vaccination schedule. But on Tuesday, he vowed to investigate the schedule that prevents measles, polio and other dangerous diseases.
Trump signs order to study how to expand IVF and calls for ‘radical transparency’ from government
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order to study how to expand access to in vitro fertilization and make it more affordable.
As egg prices soar, Trump administration plans new strategy to fight bird flu
With egg prices soaring, the Trump administration is planning a new strategy for fighting bird flu that stresses vaccinations and tighter biosecurity instead of killing off millions of chickens when the disease strikes a flock.
‘We are the patriots’: Chicago federal employees protest mass firings in Federal Plaza
Over a hundred people braved bitter cold weather in Federal Plaza on Tuesday to protest the Trump administration’s mass firing of federal workers.