Lafontant was born Jewel Carter Stradford in 1922 to a prominent African American family. Her father, C. Francis Stradford, ...

The mass firing of federal probationary employees was blocked in a decision from the United States District Court for Maryland.

For the first time, Waukesha County prosecutors have connected a teenage boy to the death of his mother and stepfather. Prosecutors now say 17-year-old Nikita Casap shot and killed his mother Tatiana ...

The Trump administration has made it clear their goal is to dismantle the Department of Education entirely, and that is causing a lot of concern and fear among educators in Illinois.

The search for Chicago’s 42nd U.S. attorney comes at a significant moment in history for an office long extolled as a model ...

A federal judge in Maryland found the Trump administration acted unlawfully in firing thousands of federal employees by not ...

Here's what to know about the 20-state lawsuit seeking block the Trump administration from dismantling the Department of Education.

San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow issued a press release Tuesday threatening to withhold offers of diversion ...

SOUNDS FAMILIAR: The Trump administration is targeting Chicago again. This time, the newly created Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism is investigating incidents and allegations of antisemitism ...

Candidates in a race that will determine ideological control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court will square off in their only scheduled debate before the April 1 election.

A coalition of 21 Democratic attorneys general sued the Trump administration on Thursday, two days after the Education Department fired more than 1,300 workers, purging people who administer ...