Report: Chicago Taxpayers Stuck with Rising Costs for Obama’s Presidential Center
Former President Barack Obama’s presidential center in Chicago that is supposed to open this year is reportedly costing taxpayers more and more money.

Former President Barack Obama’s presidential center in Chicago that is supposed to open this year is reportedly costing taxpayers more and more money.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker speaks to the press following a visit to the National Museum of Mexican Art in the Pilsen neighborhood on September 09, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Pritzker addressed the Trump Administration’s Operation Midway Blitz, a push by Homeland Security to arrest undocumented immigrants living in Chicago and the surrounding area. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

The state of Illinois is under a microscope for illegally issuing 20 percent of its commercial truck driver’s licenses to illegal migrants.

Not all suffering can be cured, but no suffering renders a person disposable. When the state accepts the premise of assisted suicide that some lives are no longer worth supporting, safeguards erode.

An Illinois mother was shot and killed Monday morning by a suspect with a “criminal history spanning decades,” according to WGN-TV.

Several deep blue states are promising to obstruct federal law enforcement by publicly tracking the movement and doxxing federal officers.

The Angel Mom of Megan Bos, the 37-year-old woman found dead and decapitated in a garbage can on an illegal alien’s property in the sanctuary state of Illinois, is defending Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents against attacks from the organized left.

An Illinois hunter tragically died this week after falling through a frozen pond while trying to rescue his dog.

President Donald Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is accusing Democrat-led Illinois of violating the conscience protections of pro-life doctors and pregnancy centers by requiring them to refer for abortions.

Officials in Democrat-run Minnesota and Illinois are taking legal action against President Donald Trump to block a surge of federal agents, according to Reuters, the news coming as the Trump administration works to safeguard communities from illegal immigration crime.

A 39-year-old Chicago man was arrested Saturday in connection with the December killing of his ex-wife and her husband in Columbus, Ohio.

An extremely valuable shipment of live lobsters went missing after being picked up in Taunton, Massachusetts.

SCOTUS has ruled against Trump’s plans to federalize and send 300 Illinois National Guardsmen to the sanctuary city of Chicago.

The Chicago Bears are increasingly frustrated with politicians in Chicago and Illinois and are now reportedly looking moving to Indiana.
Illinois is now the 12th state, plus D.C., that allows physicians to assist terminally ill people in killing themselves — all in the name of “choice,” compassion, and easing end-of-life suffering.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) signed a bill that prevents U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from arresting illegal aliens outside of or near courthouses in the state.

The sanctuary state of Illinois has released almost 1,800 illegal aliens, charged with crimes such as murder, assault, burglary, robbery, and sex crimes, back into communities since President Donald Trump took office in late January, new data reveals.

An Illinois law making illegal alien students eligible for state and local financial aid is set to go into effect January 1, 2026.

Cook County, Illinois, is making its guaranteed basic income program permanent after launching it as a pilot program in 2022 with the help of federal COVID-19 relief funds.

A rare bipartisan majority in the U.S. House of Representatives voted to formally rebuke Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García (D-IL) over a maneuver that could result in his chief of staff, Patty Garcia, becoming the only Democrat on the 2026 primary ballot for his seat in Illinois’ 4th District.

A House Democrat has introduced a resolution rebuking Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García (D-IL) over a maneuver that could result in his chief of staff, Patty Garcia, becoming the only Democrat on the ballot in the deep-blue 4th District of Illinois — if García withdraws after both filed petitions before the candidate deadline.

A staffer for Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) has been accused of pretending to be a lawyer in an attempt to help an illegal immigrant escape from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

A migrant is accused of attacking a coworker with a concrete saw at a construction site in Chicago, Illinois.

Federal agents busted a Missouri man in Aurora, Illinois, after he allegedly delivered more than 11.5 pounds of suspected fentanyl to an undercover officer in a sting operation tied to a Mexico-based cartel, a report says.

The Chicago Tribune Editorial Board is urging Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) to veto an assisted suicide bill that state lawmakers narrowly passed on Halloween.

A 43-year-old Illinois mother is accused of getting pregnant and having a child with a 14-year-old boy her daughter took as a date to a junior high dance.

Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García is not expected to continue his reelection bid in Illinois’ 4th Congressional District after his chief of staff filed nominating petitions at the deadline, closing off entry to other Democratic candidates and leaving her as the only other Democrat positioned on the ballot.

Pro-migrant lawyers were more interested in uncovering intel on Donald Trump adviser Stephen Miller than they were in Chicago ICE during a legal deposition by Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is getting called out as an illegal alien is accused of killing a local elected Republican official and his wife.

Joining at least two other Democrat-run states, Illinois lawmakers passed a bill on Friday prohibiting federal immigration agents from arresting illegal aliens near and around state courthouses.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) caught two criminal migrants Thursday as they ran into a Chicago area school, expecting they would be safe inside thanks to the state’s sanctuary policies.

In the sanctuary state of Illinois, where Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) has attempted to impede federal immigration enforcement, an illegal alien is accused of killing a Republican elected official and his wife in a crash in Cole County.

Activists for illegal migrants in Chicago are increasing their harassment, obstruction, and attacks on law enforcement officers.

Chicago Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson said on Saturday that there are no “illegal aliens” in his city and it is racist to say there are.

Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is spearheading a project to reveal the names and locations of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers while pro-migration activists are trying to block pro-American law enforcement.

An illegal alien, released into the United States by former President Joe Biden’s administration, is being sought by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after having allegedly violently raped a 54-year-old woman in August in the sanctuary city of Chicago.

A woman caught on video mocking the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk at a “No Kings” protest over the weekend has been accused by social media users of being an elementary school teacher in Chicago, Illinois.

The Democrat-led state of Illinois spent more to give free health care to illegal migrants than the total it spent on its citizens in programs for foster kids, the elderly, its roadways, and the arts combined.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested an illegal alien employed as a police officer, with a badge, gun, and pension, in Hanover Park, Illinois.

In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News Editor in Chief Alex Marlow for the Alex Marlow Show podcast, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin called out Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) for “dehumanizing” and “villifying” Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents just as the Mexican drug cartels have reportedly placed bounties on agents.
