Section: National

President Barack Obama will strategize next week with Democratic lawmakers about how to prevent Republicans from destroying his Affordable Care Act.

The Illinois congressman who resigned amid scrutiny of lavish spending — including remodeling his Capitol Hill office in the style of the television series “Downton Abbey” — expects to be indicted by a federal grand jury, his defense team said Thursday.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has used personal email accounts and a personal email domain to communicate with government officials and political figures.

Chicago authorities say 17-year-old twin brothers died in an early morning drive-by shooting on the city’s North Side.

Seven passengers and a flight attendant reported minor injuries after an American Airlines aircraft caught fire and passengers were evacuated onto the runway at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.

Authorities say an 8-year-old refugee from Congo died from an infection linked to E. Coli not long after his arrival in Chicago.

It turns out The Field Museum’s T. rex Sue didn’t use those tiny arms very much.

More leaked emails from the Hillary Clinton campaign.

Neil Young is joining the protest against the four-state Dakota Access pipeline with his new song, “Indian Givers.”

A man wanted for an attempted murder in the state of Nevada has apparently been arrested in Lincoln.