3+ hour, 28+ min ago  (1357+ words) (WASHINGTON) — Lindsey Graham, a longtime Republican senator from South Carolina, who had become one of President Donald Trump’s staunchest political allies, died on Saturday after a “brief and sudden” illness, his office said in a statement. He was 71. “Senator Graham’s…...

23+ hour, 44+ min ago  (613+ words) SPRINGFIELD — An Illinois House committee will investigate actions by Rep. Carol Ammons, D-Urbana, following her indictment on 10 federal charges this week. A group of 11 House Republicans filed a petition on Friday to create a special investigating committee, a sparingly used…...

1+ day, 8+ min ago  (567+ words) The laws expand eligibility requirements for low-income energy assistance and require new reporting on bill charges CHICAGO — Gov. JB Pritzker signed a pair of bills Thursday aimed at improving transparency of utility billing and expanding access to discounts for low-income…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (382+ words) (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump said in a social media post Friday morning that he “will not sign” the bipartisan housing reform package, which he abruptly placed into limbo last month after demanding that his unrelated signature election reform law be…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (471+ words) (SOUTH CAROLINA) — The suspensions of eight Apache pilots who flew low over the South Carolina coast on July Fourth were lifted Friday, according to the South Carolina National Guard, just hours after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth publicly called for…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (534+ words) (MISSOURI) — Emergency responders are at the scene of a campground in Missouri where a building reportedly collapsed into floodwaters amid flash flooding on Friday. Initial reports indicate 10 to 17 individuals may have entered the water as a result of the collapse,…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (556+ words) (WASHINGTON) — Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch disputed the scathing July 4 report released by the White House, which accused the National Museum of American History and its leaders of presenting a “radical view” of American history. In an internal letter to staff…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (267+ words) The Kinmundy City Council Thursday night voted to ask the city attorney to draw up an ordinance to ban the sale of Kratom and 7-OH in the city limits. While there are no places selling the substances now, council members…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (709+ words) (LONDON) — Renewed fighting between the U.S. and Iran in the Middle East puts into question key elements of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) agreed by regional nations last month, a senior Qatari government official told ABC News on Thursday. Majed…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (582+ words) (NEW YORK) — The Secret Service urged President Donald Trump to fly out of Turkey on the old Air Force One instead of the newly retrofitted Qatari-gifted plane out of an abundance of caution amid the escalation with Iran, multiple sources…...