Illinois’ retiring senior senator also acknowledged backing a Republican-led measure ending the nation’s longest government shutdown could exacerbate divisions between Democratic Party progressives and moderates.

Ald. Pat Dowell told reporters she advised Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration not to proceed with a budget vote in her Finance Committee.

The Indiana Senate will forgo a two-week session to discuss mid-census redistricting because of a lack of votes, defying orders from the Trump Administration to change the state’s Congressional maps.

Following Riverdale Mayor Lawrence Jackson’s conviction, village trustees will select an acting mayor until April 2027.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday to get rid of tariffs on a broad swath of commodities, including beef, coffee and tropical fruits.

New data the Agriculture Department released Friday created serious doubts about whether China will really buy millions of bushels of American soybeans like the Trump administration touted last month.

The Labor Department will release its numbers on September hiring and unemployment next Thursday, a month and a half late.

Meanwhile, the other 598 people on the list had no listed criminal history at all.