The 29-19 vote was five votes short of the 34 that would be needed to override a mayoral veto. But opposition council members said they think they'd get the needed votes if Johnson does issue a veto.

The Chicago City Council passed a 2026 city budget during a rare Saturday session, though Mayor Brandon Johnson could still veto the plan.

A Russian missile strike on port infrastructure in Odesa has killed eight people and wounded 27, according to Ukraine’s ...

Aldermen passed the final part of a counterproposal to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget on Saturday, redrawing the political ...

Johnson calls the alternate budget approved by a defiant Council “morally bankrupt” and unbalanced by $163 million. But a veto would inch Chicago closer to a government shutdown.

Alderpersons say close to 30 members of council support the alternative plan. But that figure still falls a bit short of the ...

Chicago aldermen dealt a blow to Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration on Saturday and passed an alternative proposal.

The final budget passed 30 in favor and 18 opposing it. However, a government shutdown is still possible if Mayor Brandon ...

We may not have the majority of the City Council but we do have the people,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said just before the the ...

The U.S. can maintain close ties with Japan while pursuing productive engagement with China, even as tensions rise between Asia’s two largest economies, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.