Trump's action came after House Republicans rejected a Senate-passed bill to fund most of DHS. The House late Friday night passed a bill to fund the entire department through May 22, but many senators are now in recess.

A woman was rescued from Lake Michigan Friday near Chicago's Monroe Harbor, officials said. She and two CPD officers were taken to a hospital in good condition.

A Chicago police officer who also worked as a high school security guard is now on leave and was relived of police powers, school and CPD officials confirmed.

A Chicago anti-violence advocate spoke with ABC7 about his close call on the city's West Side. He was live streaming when gunfire rang out.

Two people were killed and two others were seriously injured in a car crash in the west suburbs, police said.

The suspect in the murder of Loyola University freshman Sheridan Gorman was bused to Chicago from Texas in 2023, despite being asked to be deported to Colombia, court records showed.

Two Chicago men charged in the shooting death of a Chicago contractor near United Center this week have been ordered to be held in custody pending their trial. Prosecutors say the suspects targeted the victim.

After a suspect's arrest in the nearly 36-year-old murder case of Cheryl Henry and Andy Atkinson, officials said they are looking for people whom Floyd Parrott may have falsely pulled over before and after the 1990 murders.

A product of Chicago Public Schools, Macquline King is poised to become the district's next leader. She wasn't on top of school board members' lists a few months ago, but many say she has more than proved herself.

Operations at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park Weiss Hospital in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood have officially been suspended due to a problem with the billing system, the Resilience Health CEO said.