The long national debate over cash bail reignited in summer 2025 after the White House issued an executive order in August threatening to pull federal funding from jurisdictions that allow cashless ...

New executive orders from the White House aimed at stopping bail reform have put Illinois — the first state to completely eliminate cash bond — into the spotlight of a national debate on bail and ...

In 2015, a pregnant and homeless 30-year-old woman spent 135 days in an Illinois jail because she stole two plums and three candy bars from a Save A Lot store. That same year, a 41-year-old Illinois ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... This week, President Donald Trump took aim at Illinois’ Pretrial Fairness Act, which ended cash bail in the state in 2023. Trump pledged to repeal the Act ...

Trump's executive order targets jurisdictions with cashless bail policies. Triangle prosecutors say NC retains cash bail and likely won’t be at risk. Some concern exists about the administration’s ...

Earlier this week, Donald Trump identified another threat to "Americans' safety and well-being," along the same lines as the threat that prompted him to send military vehicles and armed soldiers onto ...