Gov. J.B. Pritzker during a bill signing ceremony on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. - Illinois.gov

Pritzker signs 59 bills impacting elections, hunting, mobile park residents and more

• Illinois officials react to SCOTUS presidential immunity ruling

• Black advocacy group blasts possible hemp ban and other Illinois policies

• Pritzker could sign reusable tenant screening bill, further regulating landlords

• Some are calling on an Illinois gas utility’s pipe safety plan to be scaled back

• Reforms will alter the real estate transactions in Illinois and elsewhere
   

Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, arrives with his wife Melissa Cohen Biden at the federal court for his trial on criminal gun charges, in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., June 10, 2024. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File Photo

Hunter Biden sues Fox News over 'mock trial' miniseries

• Trump ally Steve Bannon begins prison term for contempt

• Nebraska shooting that wounded 7 immigrants may be racially motivated, police say

U.S. President Joe Biden leaves following his remarks after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's bid for immunity from federal prosecution for 2020 election subversion, at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 1, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

Biden warns Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling is 'dangerous precedent'

• US Supreme Court liberals lament ruling making the president 'a king above the law'

  • Takeaways from US Supreme Court ruling on Trump immunity

  • US Supreme Court leaves Judge Tanya Chutkan to parse Trump immunity

• Biden and Democratic allies raise $264 million in second quarter

• Blinken defends Biden, saying he restored global confidence in US leadership

• US voters press Congress candidates to fix housing crisis

• US court allows part of Biden student debt relief plan to resume

• US court decision casts shadow on diversity venture capital funding

• Mississippi law restricting children's social media use blocked

A firefighter extinguishes a fire in the aftermath of an attack, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, given as Starokostiantyniv, Khmelnytskyi Region, Ukraine, in this handout photo released on August 6, 2023, courtesy of the Khmelnytskyi region administration/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Ukrainian air base under frequent fire as Russia aims at F-16 arrivals

• Beryl, earliest Category 4 hurricane on record, hurtles towards Caribbean

• Thousands flee their homes as Israeli forces bomb southern Gaza

• Heavy rainfall in several parts of India triggers floods, at least 11 dead

• Tear gas and stones as protesters across Kenya say 'Ruto must go!'

• Iran presidential contenders face hurdle of voter apathy

• French candidates bow out in bid to block far-right

• UK election gives hope to first time immigrant voters

• Turkey, US in talks on nuclear plant projects, Turkish official says