Illinois lawmakers advanced a bill that would emphasize domestic violence awareness training for members of the state’s Prisoner Review Board, which came under criticism after releasing a man from state custody who then allegedly attacked a former girlfriend and fatally stabbed her young son.

The effort to give Chicago’s police superintendent the power to declare “snap curfews” to curb large teen gatherings stalled Wednesday in the City Council.

In Illinois, cuts to AmeriCorps will leave some programs for the summer shuttered or scrambling for volunteers.

Elizabeth Poole and her new team will begin their work by focusing on lead-based paint hazards as they build out the new program.

Supporters of Nyota Figgs’ claim the records lawsuit represents a targeted political attack from Calumet City Mayor Thaddeus Jones.

President Donald Trump used a White House meeting to forcefully confront South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, accusing the country of failing to address Trump’s baseless claim of the systematic killing of white farmers.

The White House violated a court order on deportations to third countries with a flight linked to the chaotic African nation of South Sudan, a federal judge said Wednesday, hours after the Trump administration said it had expelled eight immigrants convicted of violent crimesbut refused to reveal where they would end up. The judge’s statement was a notably strong rebuke to the government’s deportation efforts.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accepted a luxury Boeing 747 aircraft from Qatar for President Donald Trump to use as Air Force One, the Pentagon said Wednesday, despite ongoing questions about the ethics and legality of taking the expensive gift from a foreign nation.

The U.N. said Wednesday it was trying to get the desperately needed aid that has entered Gaza this week into the hands of Palestinians amid delays because of fears of looting and Israeli military restrictions. Israeli strikes pounded the territory, killing at least 86 people, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.