Kwame Raoul leads a lawsuit against the Trump administration for withholding AmeriCorps funds, defying a court order, affecting service programs nationwide.

President Donald Trump’s administration had withheld $6 billion in funding on July 1 as part of a review to ensure spending aligned with the White House’s priorities.

A lawsuit filed Monday against Trump, Education Secretary Linda McMahon, and Office of Budgement Management Director Russell Vought claimed that the Trump administration had “caused chaos” for K-12 school districts by refusing to distribute funding to six long-standing grant programs.

Twenty-four Democratic states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit on Monday challenging the Trump administration’s pause on education funding for after-school programs, along with other specialized instruction.

From executive orders, bills passed to ongoing public arguments and more: here's how President Trump's second term has impacted Illinois so far.

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is asking Judge John Robert Blakey to let him avoid prison while his attorneys appeal his corruption conviction. Madigan’s attorneys described what they called “errors” by the court and insisted that Madigan would not flee Illinois.