Illinois lawmakers are voicing strong concerns after the Trump administration’s federal funding freeze created widespread confusion and disruptions to critical services.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans that could total trillions of dollars. U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan blocked the action Tuesday afternoon,

Gov. JB Pritzker says the Medicaid system was down on Tuesday in Illinois and other states across the country.

Illinois is joining five other states in suing to stop President Donald Trump’s recent push to temporarily freeze federal loans, grants and other financial aid. Attorneys general from Illinois,

The Department of Government Efficiency, a post-election promise brought to life by President Trump via executive order looks different than its original proposal to broadly cut federal spending.

ICE made 956 arrests across the country Sunday, according to The Associated Press, and 286 on Saturday, though it’s not clear how many of those were in Chicago. Officials were also in Los Angeles, Austin, Texas, Colorado and Puerto Rico, according to CNN.

The first foreign leader to visit President Donald Trump at the White House in his second term will be wanted for war crimes.

The pause was meant to go into effect Tuesday at 4 p.m., but a federal judge blocked the directive until Feb. 3. After the memo was withdrawn, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt posted on X indicating the memo was rescinded, but this was not a cancellation of the freeze.

A federal judge temporarily halted President Donald Trump's move to freeze all federal grants pending an analysis to root out "wokeness" in federal spending. But confusion reigned Tuesday in Chicago and beyond as leaders braced for serious potential cuts to an array of major programs.

President Trump on Monday fired all three Democrats on the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), bringing much of its work to a standstill. The move guts a board designed to ensure the government’s work to fight terrorism is balanced with protections for civil liberties. The White House informed the three Democrats on the…

The White House confirmed the website for Medicaid payments was down a day after announcing a pause on federal grants and loans.