After a resounding election victory, President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans say they have a “mandate” to govern.

The Chicago City Council emphatically voted down Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to hike property taxes by $300 million Thursday, creating a yawning hole in the city’s 2025 budget that must now be closed ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Thursday pushed back on criticism that his Chicago police budget plan endangers the department’s ...

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joins a chorus of reforms advocates who have sounded the alarm about Johnson’s proposal ...

The Republicans have also gained control of the Senate from the Democrats. The Republican Party has won enough seats to ...

The first test will come Wednesday during internal House Republican leadership elections that will establish the new power ...

during his first trip back to Washington since the party swept the 2024 election, that he’s with the speaker all the way, according to a person familiar with the remarks but unauthorized to discuss ...

Jewish groups rush to denounce Florida congressman Matt Gaetz, who opposed an antisemitism bill because it designated the ...

Speaker Mike Johnson wins GOP nomination to remain in job, faces full House vote in January.

House Republicans on Wednesday nominated Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to retain the gavel in the upcoming 119th Congress, ...