Deployment of National Guard troops within Illinois remained blocked Saturday after the federal appeals court in Chicago met the Trump administration halfway.

Amid escalated immigration enforcement, federal officials say they plan to purchase buildings in Chicago to serve as a base for those operations.

A new report shows nearly 230 Illinoisans hold a federal license to manufacture guns, but few actually produce them, and The National Violence Policy Center is concerned that these people are evading gun laws and buying weapons in bulk.

Former Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Superintendent Devon Horton and two Chicago Public Schools administrators were indicted Thursday on federal charges of embezzlement and wire fraud, court documents show.

A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from deploying 500 National Guard troops to Chicago as the administration’s immigration enforcement actions have intensified — along with protests against them.

The temporary ruling stems from a lawsuit filed this week by news organizations, unions, independent journalists and protesters against the Department of Homeland Security following tense interactions outside of the ICE processing facility in suburban Broadview.

President Donald Trump called for the governor of Illinois and the mayor of Chicago to be thrown in jail Wednesday for failing to protect ICE officers.

Officials in Vermilion County are actively being investigated by the Illinois State Police Special Investigations Unit for allegations of official misconduct and bribery.