President Donald Trump, who has assailed Illinois’ governor and its largest city, denied disaster aid to thousands of Chicago residents even though his administration documented extraordinary damage ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson has issued a disaster proclamation for the city to assist residents recovering from the storms and flooding that swept the Chicago area earlier this month. A round of weekend ...

CHICAGO — John Updike was visiting family in Brooklyn on September 11, 2001. He wrote later about watching Manhattan explode and crumble that day as if it were episodic TV, a perfect day with perfect ...

The destruction caused by the summer storms was enough that past presidents likely would have approved requests for federal assistance. President Donald Trump, who has assailed Illinois’ governor and ...