A Chicago grand jury has indicted Empire actor Jussie Smollett on 16 felony accounts of disorderly conduct after he allegedly lied to police about being the victim of a hate crime, NBC reports. 
An entity linked to a church founded by Illinois Democratic representative Bobby Rush received $3 million in taxpayer-backed government grants last year, according to records. 
Ugo Okere, a Democratic candidate for Chicago city council, said Thursday he believes democratic socialism should have total control over how people live. 
"Empire" actor Jussie Smollett has been charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly filing a false police report, after claiming for weeks he was the victim of a hate crime at the hands of two Donald Trump supporters. 
The FBI arrested a Chinese national in Chicago on Tuesday who was working as an unregistered agent of China's civilian intelligence service in secretly targeting American technology from defense contractors. 
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D.) announced Tuesday that he will not seek a third term ahead of the February 2019 election. 
Outgoing Democratic representative Luis Gutierrez (D., Ill.) has paid his wife $60,000 from his campaign funds so far this election cycle, Federal Election Commission filings show. 
President Donald Trump's efforts to punish so-called sanctuary cities around the country, as well as the state of California, suffered a serious legal blow Thursday when a federal appeals court in Chicago upheld a nationwide injunction against administration rules requiring localities to cooperate with federal immigration authorities in order to win public safety grants. 