As America turns 250 years old in 2026, CBS News Chicago is looking back at two presidents who called Illinois home.

Former President Obama said in a recent interview that he believed aliens are real but not kept at Area 51.

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We got a kick out of an old chestnut among conspiracy theorists -- whether intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe and whether any of those aliens have visited Earth -- that rose to the ...

"He gave classified information, he's not supposed to be doing that," Trump told reporters Feb. 19 in discussing Obama's ...

During his first second-term State of the Union, US President Donald Trump faced Democratic protests, including a sign ...

Lara Trump recently claimed the president already has a speech prepared on UFOs.

Donald Trump wants the truth on extraterritorial life, at least, out there. The president on Thursday night directed ...

Barack Obama was having a bit of fun with a podcaster on whether aliens are real. Alas, even ex-presidents can’t just speak off the cuff, apparently.