U.S. consumer confidence fell sharply in November, hitting its lowest level since April, as Americans grew more pessimistic about current business conditions, the labor market, and their financial future, according to the latest report from The Conference Board. The Consumer Confidence Index declined by 6.8 points to 88.7 in November, […]
President Donald Trump announced Friday that he will grant a “full and complete pardon” to Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras currently serving a 45-year sentence in federal prison after being convicted in 2024 of conspiring to import more than 400 tons of cocaine into the United States. […]
The Republican and Democratic leaders of the House Armed Services Committee announced a bipartisan investigation Saturday into reports that U.S. forces conducted follow-up strikes on suspected drug-trafficking vessels in the Caribbean, killing survivors who had initially lived through missile attacks. In a rare joint statement, Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) and […]
A comprehensive new state report reveals that 219 Illinois women died while pregnant or within one year of pregnancy during 2021-2022, with Black women facing mortality rates more than double those of White women and substance use disorders emerging as the leading cause of pregnancy-related deaths. The Illinois Department of […]
More than half of all U.S. homes — 53 percent — are worth less today than they were a year ago, according to new data from Zillow. As of October 2025, the majority of properties have seen their Zestimate — Zillow’s automated home valuation tool — drop below levels recorded […]
A federal judge has halted the Internal Revenue Service’s practice of sharing confidential taxpayer address information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ruling that the data-sharing policy violates federal privacy laws and was implemented unlawfully. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issued a on November 21, granting an injunction in the case Center […]
A federal judge on Monday dismissed the criminal indictments against both former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, ruling that interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan—a former White House aide with no prior prosecutorial experience—was unlawfully appointed in violation of federal law and the Constitution’s Appointments Clause. Senior U.S. District […]
The Trump administration has unveiled a new rule that would dramatically reduce federal protections for millions of acres of wetlands and streams across the United States. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the proposal on November 17, positioning it as a regulatory victory that will “cut red tape and provide predictability” […]
A federal judge ruled Thursday that President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to patrol Washington, D.C., violates federal law and illegally infringes on the District’s authority to govern itself. U.S. District Judge Jia M. Cobb of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted a preliminary […]
A major milestone in connecting east-central Illinois communities is underway as construction begins this month on the next segment of the Kickapoo Rail Trail, a 3.6-mile stretch linking St. Joseph to Ogden. The Champaign County Forest Preserve District announced the project will mark progress toward completing the 24.5-mile multi-use trail […]
