If you are still staring at your eyewatering Cook County property tax bill — due Dec. 15, as in Monday — you might well be wondering what would happen if you failed to pay in a timely fashion. First, ...

The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Wednesday in yet another battle over the president’s power to remove the heads of independent agencies created by Congress. Wednesday’s arguments center on ...

• Several conservative justices were skeptical of President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, at points seemingly discussing how Cook should win, rather than whether ...

The justices have tried to put the spotlight on the presidency and downplayed the conduct of Trump himself. But Trump’s methods were in plain sight Wednesday, especially as justices homed in on the ...

Most of the Trump administration’s legal disputes involving the firing of high-level officials deal with the scope of presidential power. President Joe Biden nominated Cook in 2022, and she was sworn ...