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The governor of Illinois and mayor of Chicago said they're in the dark about how the Trump administration intends to use National Guard troops.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker to be jailed, accusing the two Democrats of failing to protect federal immigration o...

Johnson, in a post on X, said, “This is not the first time Trump has tried to have a Black man unjustly arrested. I’m not going anywhere.”

President Donald Trump announced Oct. 8 that Israel and Hamas have agreed to implement the first phase of a peace deal aimed to end the two-year conflict.

Israel and Hamas agreed Wednesday to pause fighting in Gaza so that the remaining hostages there can be freed in the coming days in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, accepting elements of a plan put...

The plan calls for an immediate ceasefire and release of the 48 hostages that militants in Gaza still hold from their Oct. 7, 2023 surprise attack on Israel that started the war and triggered Israel'...