Hundreds of requests for pardons and clemency petitions for federal convictions are filed each year, but usually just a few result in a presidential pardon or commutation of sentence. Recent ...

The Kremlin provided a quick fact-check after Rubio claimed there was no prisoner swap between Russia and the United States.

Donald Trump secured the transfer of Marc Fogel, an American detainee in Russia, back to the United States. A U.S. official ...

President Donald Trump said Palestinians in Gaza would not have a right to return under his plan for U.S. “ownership” of the ...

President Donald Trump said Palestinians in Gaza would not have a right to return under his plan for U.S. “ownership” of the war-torn territory, contradicting other officials in his administration who ...

The Illinois Capitol in Springfield. Illinois is facing a $3.2 billion deficit in fiscal year 2026 and a possible cut of Medicaid expansion. Rich Hein/Sun-Times Share Gov. JB Pritzker has ...

Illinois spent about $815 million on the Medicaid expansion program during the last fiscal year, HFS says. The feds paid out $7.34 billion because, as noted above, they pick up 90% of the total tab, ...

A GOP bill to gradually phase out Medicaid expansion failed in the Senate on Tuesday, earning opposition from 12 Republicans.

New bill COVER, lead by Alabama Democrat Shomari Figures, is designed to reach people in states which refuse to extend ...