Pope Leo XIV Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV receives in private audience The Honorable J.B. Pritzker, Governor of the State of Illinoisat the Vatican City on November 19, 2025. Photo by VATICAN MEDIA/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV receives in private audience The Honorable J.B. Pritzker, Governor of the State of Illinoisat the Vatican City on November 19, 2025. Photo by VATICAN MEDIA/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV receives in private audience The Honorable J.B. Pritzker, Governor of the State of Illinoisat the Vatican City on November 19, 2025. Photo by VATICAN MEDIA/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

US House Oversight Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors

US House Oversight Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors

Governor J.B. Pritzker (Democrat of Illinois) testifies during the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing titled “A Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors” in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, June 12, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM for NY Post (RESTRICTION: NO Daily Mail. NO New York or New Jersey Newspapers or newspapers within a 75 mile radius of New York City.)

US House Oversight Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors

US House Oversight Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors

Governor J.B. Pritzker (Democrat of Illinois) testifies during the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing titled “A Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors” in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, June 12, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM for NY Post (RESTRICTION: NO Daily Mail. NO New York or New Jersey Newspapers or newspapers within a 75 mile radius of New York City.)

US House Oversight Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors

US House Oversight Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors

Governor J.B. Pritzker (Democrat of Illinois) testifies during the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing titled “A Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors” in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, June 12, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM for NY Post (RESTRICTION: NO Daily Mail. NO New York or New Jersey Newspapers or newspapers within a 75 mile radius of New York City.)

US House Oversight Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors

US House Oversight Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors

From left to right: Governor Tim Walz (Democrat of Minnesota); Governor J.B. Pritzker (Democrat of Illinois); Governor Kathy Hochul (Democrat of New York); and Skye L. Perryman, CEO and President, Democracy Forward Foundation; take the oath to testify during the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing titled “A Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors” in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, June 12, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM for NY Post (RESTRICTION: NO Daily Mail. NO New York or New Jersey Newspapers or newspapers within a 75 mile radius of New York City.)

US House Oversight Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors

US House Oversight Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors

Governor J.B. Pritzker (Democrat of Illinois) testifies during the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing titled “A Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors” in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, June 12, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM for NY Post (RESTRICTION: NO Daily Mail. NO New York or New Jersey Newspapers or newspapers within a 75 mile radius of New York City.)

US House Oversight Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors

US House Oversight Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors

Governor J.B. Pritzker (Democrat of Illinois) testifies during the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing titled “A Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors” in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, June 12, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM for NY Post (RESTRICTION: NO Daily Mail. NO New York or New Jersey Newspapers or newspapers within a 75 mile radius of New York City.)

US House Oversight Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors

US House Oversight Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors

Governor J.B. Pritzker (Democrat of Illinois) testifies during the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing titled “A Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors” in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, June 12, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM for NY Post (RESTRICTION: NO Daily Mail. NO New York or New Jersey Newspapers or newspapers within a 75 mile radius of New York City.)

US House Oversight Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors

US House Oversight Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors

Governor J.B. Pritzker (Democrat of Illinois) testifies during the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing titled “A Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors” in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, June 12, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM for NY Post (RESTRICTION: NO Daily Mail. NO New York or New Jersey Newspapers or newspapers within a 75 mile radius of New York City.)

US House Oversight Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors

US House Oversight Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors

Governor J.B. Pritzker (Democrat of Illinois) makes an opening statement during the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing titled “A Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors” in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, June 12, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM for NY Post (RESTRICTION: NO Daily Mail. NO New York or New Jersey Newspapers or newspapers within a 75 mile radius of New York City.)

US House Oversight Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors

US House Oversight Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors

Governor J.B. Pritzker (Democrat of Illinois) makes an opening statement during the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing titled “A Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors” in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, June 12, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM for NY Post (RESTRICTION: NO Daily Mail. NO New York or New Jersey Newspapers or newspapers within a 75 mile radius of New York City.)

US House Oversight Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors

US House Oversight Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors

Governor J.B. Pritzker (Democrat of Illinois) makes an opening statement during the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing titled “A Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors” in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, June 12, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM for NY Post (RESTRICTION: NO Daily Mail. NO New York or New Jersey Newspapers or newspapers within a 75 mile radius of New York City.)

US House Oversight Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors

US House Oversight Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors

Governor J.B. Pritzker (Democrat of Illinois) makes an opening statement during the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing titled “A Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors” in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, June 12, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM for NY Post (RESTRICTION: NO Daily Mail. NO New York or New Jersey Newspapers or newspapers within a 75 mile radius of New York City.)

BET Awards 2025 - LA

BET Awards 2025 - LA

Shahidah Omar and husband J.B. Smoove arrive at the BET Awards 2025 (25th Annual BET Awards) held at Peacock Theater at L.A. Live on June 9, 2025 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

BET Awards 2025 - LA

BET Awards 2025 - LA

Shahidah Omar and husband J.B. Smoove arrive at the BET Awards 2025 (25th Annual BET Awards) held at Peacock Theater at L.A. Live on June 9, 2025 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

DNC Day Two - Chicago

DNC Day Two - Chicago

Governor J.B. Pritzker (Democrat of Illinois) delivers remarks at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, USA, at the United Center on Tuesday, August 20, 2024. Photo by Annabelle Gordon/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

DNC Day Two - Chicago

DNC Day Two - Chicago

Governor J.B. Pritzker (Democrat of Illinois) delivers remarks at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, USA, at the United Center on Tuesday, August 20, 2024. Photo by Annabelle Gordon/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

DNC Day Two - Chicago

DNC Day Two - Chicago

Governor J.B. Pritzker (Democrat of Illinois) delivers remarks at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, USA, at the United Center on Tuesday, August 20, 2024. Photo by Annabelle Gordon/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

41st Annual PaleyFest LA - Curb Your Enthusiasm Arrival

41st Annual PaleyFest LA - Curb Your Enthusiasm Arrival

J.B. Smoove at 41st Annual PaleyFest LA - 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' - Arrivals at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, CA, USA on April 18, 2024. Photo by Media Punch/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

41st Annual PaleyFest LA - Curb Your Enthusiasm Arrival

41st Annual PaleyFest LA - Curb Your Enthusiasm Arrival

J.B. Smoove at 41st Annual PaleyFest LA - 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' - Arrivals at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, CA, USA on April 18, 2024. Photo by Media Punch/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

41st Annual PaleyFest LA - Curb Your Enthusiasm Arrival

41st Annual PaleyFest LA - Curb Your Enthusiasm Arrival

J.B. Smoove at 41st Annual PaleyFest LA - 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' - Arrivals at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, CA, USA on April 18, 2024. Photo by Media Punch/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

41st Annual PaleyFest LA - Curb Your Enthusiasm Arrival

41st Annual PaleyFest LA - Curb Your Enthusiasm Arrival

J.B. Smoove at 41st Annual PaleyFest LA - 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' - Arrivals at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, CA, USA on April 18, 2024. Photo by Media Punch/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

49th People's Choice Awards - LA

49th People's Choice Awards - LA

J.B. Smoove arrives at the 49th Annual People's Choice Awards 2024 held at The Barker Hangar on February 18, 2024 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

49th People's Choice Awards - LA

49th People's Choice Awards - LA

J.B. Smoove arrives at the 49th Annual People's Choice Awards 2024 held at The Barker Hangar on February 18, 2024 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

49th People's Choice Awards - LA

49th People's Choice Awards - LA

Shahidah Omar and husband J.B. Smoove arrive at the 49th Annual People's Choice Awards 2024 held at The Barker Hangar on February 18, 2024 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

Curb Your Enthusiasm Finale Season Premiere - LA

Curb Your Enthusiasm Finale Season Premiere - LA

Jeff Garlin, Cheryl Hines, Larry David, Susie Essman, and J.B. Smoove attend the Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 12 premiere at DGA Theater Complex on January 30, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Fati S/ABACAPRESS.COM

Curb Your Enthusiasm Finale Season Premiere - LA

Curb Your Enthusiasm Finale Season Premiere - LA

Jeff Garlin, Cheryl Hines, Larry David, Susie Essman, and J.B. Smoove attend the Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 12 premiere at DGA Theater Complex on January 30, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Fati S/ABACAPRESS.COM

Curb Your Enthusiasm Finale Season Premiere - LA

Curb Your Enthusiasm Finale Season Premiere - LA

Jeff Garlin, Larry David, Cheryl Hines, Susie Essman, Amy Gravitt, Jeff Schaffer, J.B. Smoove, and Laura Streicher attend the Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 12 premiere at DGA Theater Complex on January 30, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Fati S/ABACAPRESS.COM

Curb Your Enthusiasm Finale Season Premiere - LA

Curb Your Enthusiasm Finale Season Premiere - LA

Jeff Garlin, Larry David, Cheryl Hines, Susie Essman, Amy Gravitt, Jeff Schaffer, J.B. Smoove, and Laura Streicher attend the Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 12 premiere at DGA Theater Complex on January 30, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Fati S/ABACAPRESS.COM

Curb Your Enthusiasm Finale Season Premiere - LA

Curb Your Enthusiasm Finale Season Premiere - LA

Jeff Garlin, Larry David, Cheryl Hines, Susie Essman, Amy Gravitt, Jeff Schaffer, J.B. Smoove, and Laura Streicher attend the Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 12 premiere at DGA Theater Complex on January 30, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Fati S/ABACAPRESS.COM

Curb Your Enthusiasm Finale Season Premiere - LA

Curb Your Enthusiasm Finale Season Premiere - LA

Jeff Garlin, Larry David, Cheryl Hines, Susie Essman, Amy Gravitt, Jeff Schaffer, J.B. Smoove, and Laura Streicher attend the Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 12 premiere at DGA Theater Complex on January 30, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Fati S/ABACAPRESS.COM

Curb Your Enthusiasm Finale Season Premiere - LA

Curb Your Enthusiasm Finale Season Premiere - LA

Jeff Garlin, Larry David, Cheryl Hines, Susie Essman, Amy Gravitt, Jeff Schaffer, J.B. Smoove, and Laura Streicher attend the Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 12 premiere at DGA Theater Complex on January 30, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Fati S/ABACAPRESS.COM

Curb Your Enthusiasm Finale Season Premiere - LA

Curb Your Enthusiasm Finale Season Premiere - LA

Jeff Garlin, Cheryl Hines, Larry David, Susie Essman, and J.B. Smoove attend the Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 12 premiere at DGA Theater Complex on January 30, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Fati S/ABACAPRESS.COM

Park gets 1st career win at Japan Golf Tour C'ship

Park gets 1st career win at Japan Golf Tour C'ship

KASAMA, Japan - South Korea's J.B. Park holds the winner's trophy after capturing his first career JGTO Tour title, winning the Japan Golf Tour Championship at Shishido Hills Country Club in Ibaraki Prefecture on June 5, 2011.

Japan, U.S. to work to prevent recurrence of banned beef shipment

Japan, U.S. to work to prevent recurrence of banned beef shipment

TOKYO, Japan - J.B. Penn, U.S. undersecretary for farm and foreign agricultural services, speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Jan. 24 after a round of talks with Japanese foreign, farm and health ministry officials. Japan and the United States agreed to continue efforts to prevent a recurrence of the Jan. 20 incident in which a risk material for mad cow disease, banned in Japan, was discovered in a shipment of U.S. beef to Tokyo, a Japanese Foreign Ministry official said.

Japan, U.S. hold senior working-level talks on beef issue

Japan, U.S. hold senior working-level talks on beef issue

TOKYO, Japan - J.B. Penn (R), U.S. undersecretary for farm and foreign agricultural services, and Kaoru Ishikawa, chief of the Foreign Ministry's Economic Affairs Bureau, shake hands prior to the start of a bilateral senior working-level meeting on Japanese beef imports from the United States at the Foreign Ministry on Jan. 24.

Japan, U.S. affirm aim to lift beef import ban next spring

Japan, U.S. affirm aim to lift beef import ban next spring

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Undersecretary of Agriculture J.B. Penn speaks at a press conference in the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Oct. 23 after Japan and the United States end three days of beef trade talks. (Pool photo)

(1)Japan, U.S. fail to narrow gaps on U.S. beef import ban

(1)Japan, U.S. fail to narrow gaps on U.S. beef import ban

TOKYO, Japan - J.B. Penn, chief delegate for the U.S. team, speaks to reporters at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Jan. 23 after a one-day inconclusive Japan-U.S. talks on whether to lift Tokyo's import ban on U.S. beef. Penn described the meeting as ''meaningful and productive'' but acknowledged no new proposals were put forward from either side.

Japan, U.S. begin discussing safety steps on BSE

Japan, U.S. begin discussing safety steps on BSE

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Nakagawa (L), head of the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry's Food Safety and Consumer Affairs Bureau, and J.B. Penn, undersecretary for farm and foreign agricultural services at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, shake hands at the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 23 before they start talks on safety measures the United States is taking for its beef following the outbreak of mad cow disease there.

U.S. will not present new safety steps for beef

U.S. will not present new safety steps for beef

TOKYO, Japan - J.B. Penn, undersecretary for farm and foreign agricultural services at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, meets reporters at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Jan. 22. He suggested that Washington has no plans to meet Tokyo's demand for new measures that will put the U.S. system on par with Japanese safety standards, under which all cattle are tested. (Pool photo)

Official Groundbreaking Of The Obama Presidential Center - Chicago

Official Groundbreaking Of The Obama Presidential Center - Chicago

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - Former First Lady Michelle Obama speaks during the ceremony for the official groundbreaking of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago's Jackson Park on September 28, 2021. At left is Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Photo by Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

Official Groundbreaking Of The Obama Presidential Center - Chicago

Official Groundbreaking Of The Obama Presidential Center - Chicago

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - Former President Barack Obama speaks during the ceremony for the official groundbreaking of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago's Jackson Park on September 28, 2021. At left is Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Photo by Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

House Committee On The Judiciary Hearing - Washington

House Committee On The Judiciary Hearing - Washington

Jonathan Turley, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law, The George Washington University Law School, appears before a House Committee on the Judiciary hearing 'Secrecy Orders and Prosecuting Leaks: Potential Legislative Responses to Deter Prosecutorial Abuse of Power' in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC, USA, Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

House Committee On The Judiciary Hearing - Washington

House Committee On The Judiciary Hearing - Washington

Jonathan Turley, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law, The George Washington University Law School, appears before a House Committee on the Judiciary hearing 'Secrecy Orders and Prosecuting Leaks: Potential Legislative Responses to Deter Prosecutorial Abuse of Power' in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC, USA, Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

House Committee On The Judiciary Hearing - Washington

House Committee On The Judiciary Hearing - Washington

Jonathan Turley, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law, The George Washington University Law School, appears before a House Committee on the Judiciary hearing 'Secrecy Orders and Prosecuting Leaks: Potential Legislative Responses to Deter Prosecutorial Abuse of Power' in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC, USA, Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Japan, U.S. affirm aim to lift beef import ban next spring

Japan, U.S. affirm aim to lift beef import ban next spring

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Undersecretary of Agriculture J.B. Penn speaks at a press conference in the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Oct. 23 after Japan and the United States end three days of beef trade talks. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

Japan, U.S. hold senior working-level talks on beef issue

Japan, U.S. hold senior working-level talks on beef issue

TOKYO, Japan - J.B. Penn (R), U.S. undersecretary for farm and foreign agricultural services, and Kaoru Ishikawa, chief of the Foreign Ministry's Economic Affairs Bureau, shake hands prior to the start of a bilateral senior working-level meeting on Japanese beef imports from the United States at the Foreign Ministry on Jan. 24. (Kyodo)

Japan, U.S. to work to prevent recurrence of banned beef shipmen

Japan, U.S. to work to prevent recurrence of banned beef shipmen

TOKYO, Japan - J.B. Penn, U.S. undersecretary for farm and foreign agricultural services, speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Jan. 24 after a round of talks with Japanese foreign, farm and health ministry officials. Japan and the United States agreed to continue efforts to prevent a recurrence of the Jan. 20 incident in which a risk material for mad cow disease, banned in Japan, was discovered in a shipment of U.S. beef to Tokyo, a Japanese Foreign Ministry official said. (Kyodo)