Mayor Johnson has received input from the likes of former mayors Lori Lightfoot and Rahm Emanuel, and former U.S. Education ...

Many Chicagoans were anxious when Mayor Brandon Johnson accepted an invitation to testify Wednesday before U.S. Congress on the city’s sanctuary policy.

During the marathon GOP-led hearing, Johnson delivered a forceful endorsement of Chicago’s long history as a haven for immigrants while against a backdrop of heavy political theater over one of ...

Cheryl Johnson, who took charge of People for Community Recovery in 2010, just before her mother’s death, says MAGA can’t end a decadeslong fight that affects poor white communities as well as ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Mayor Brandon Johnson was in the hot seat in Washington D.C. Wednesday, where he testified before a Republican-led congressional committee on Chicago's sanctuary city policies.

Mayor Johnson traveled to Washington this week to take questions in a Republican-led House Oversight and Government Reform Committee investigation of sanctuary cities. Johnson was ...

Johnson acknowledged Chicago’s Welcoming City Ordinance and a companion state law, known as the Illinois TRUST Act, do “not permit our local law enforcement “ to cooperate with federal ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson argued that Chicago’s policies made the city safer and allowed residents to help the police solve crimes without fear of deportation. By Mitch Smith Reporting from Chicago ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson faced questioning before federal lawmakers in Congress on Wednesday, defending the “Welcoming City” ordinance that has drawn Republican ire. In his opening ...

Congressman Darin LaHood (R-IL) eventually took aim at Johnson. “I’ve been amazed at how tone-deaf you’ve been and how oblivious you’ve been to the decline of Chicago,” LaHood said.