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New lawsuits against Trump’s immigration actions continue to take shape
Illinois AG Raoul says he’s ready to file a challenge if federal troops arrive in Chicago.
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US government on brink of first shutdown in almost 7 years amid partisan standoff in Congress
A partisan standoff over health care and spending is threatening to trigger the first U.S. government shutdown in almost seven years, with Democrats and Republicans in Congress unable to find agreement even as thousands of federal workers stand to be furloughed or laid off.
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Trump takes his tariff war to the movies announcing 100% levies on foreign-made films
President Donald Trump says he will slap a 100% tax on movies made outside the United States — a vague directive aimed at protecting a business that America already dominates.
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UPDATE: Governor says Military troops may protect ICE in Chicago
"ICE just doesn't give a damn, and neither does the President of the United States," said Pritzker.
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Illinois law prohibits sheriffs from assisting ICE with civil immigration enforcement. Some wish they could
Capitol News Illinois surveyed one in four Illinois sheriffs about ICE cooperation. Here’s what we found.
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As Illinois congressional delegation seeks answers, ICE cancels meeting
Democratic members also denied visit to controversial Broadview ICE facility.
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Things to know about federal law enforcement activity in Chicago, Portland, Memphis
In Chicago on Sunday, dozens of armed federal agents, in full tactical gear, walked the streets of some of the city's most prominent tourist and shopping areas.
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Regulators struggle to keep up with the fast-moving and complicated landscape of AI therapy apps
Illinois and Nevada have banned the use of AI to treat mental health.
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Government shutdown draws closer as congressional leaders head to the White House
Democratic and Republican congressional leaders are heading to the White House for a meeting with President Donald Trump on Monday in a late effort to avoid a government shutdown, but both sides have shown hardly any willingness to budge from their entrenched positions.
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Police remain on scene at burned out Michigan church after shooting and fire leave 4 dead, 8 wounded
Police officers walked amid the burned out ruins of a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints church in Michigan on Monday, a day after a former Marine opened fire during a crowded service, killing at least four people, then set the building ablaze.
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Assata Shakur, a fugitive Black militant sought by the US since 1979, dies in Cuba
Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a U.S. prison where she had been serving a life sentence for killing a police officer, has died, her daughter and the Cuban government said.
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Hegseth abruptly summons top military commanders to a meeting in Virginia next week
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has summoned the military's top officers — hundreds of generals and admirals — to a base in northern Virginia for a sudden meeting next week, according to three people familiar with the matter.
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Trump escalates retribution campaign with charges against Comey and threats against liberal groups
President Donald Trump's unprecedented retribution campaign against his perceived political enemies reached new heights as his Justice Department brought criminal charges against a longtime foe and he expanded his efforts to classify certain liberal groups as "domestic terrorist organizations."
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Chicago area center in Trump’s immigration crackdown sparks complaints of inhumane conditions
Advocates say up to 200 people are being held there at a time, with some held up to five days in a space that doesn’t have showers or a cafeteria.
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Judge rules feds can’t block Illinois’ disaster funding in response to immigration laws
State also files new challenge to law blocking Planned Parenthood funding
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Cubs 3B Shaw says he’s ‘not concerned at all’ about backlash for attending Charlie Kirk memorial
“I felt as though it was something that was really important for me to do,” he said.
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Immigration agent who shot man in Chicago-area traffic stop says injuries were ‘nothing major’
DHS said Villegas González drove his car at officers, dragging one of them “a significant distance,” leaving the officer to “fear for his life.”
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Chicago archbishop’s decision to honor US senator stirs Catholic abortion debate
“This decision risks causing grave scandal, confusing the faithful about the Church’s unequivocal teaching on the sanctity of human life,” Paprocki said in a statement.
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Districts around the US are mulling school closures as student enrollment falls
Such decisions are gut wrenching. It’s a financial strain to operate half-empty schools, but research shows kids often fare badly after closures.
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Camp Mystic plans to reopen in Texas next summer, a year after floods killed 27
The owners of Camp Mystic say they plan to partially reopen next summer the all-girls camp where 27 campers and counselors were killed during catastrophic floods that swept through the Texas Hill Country in July.
