Nation Sep 08 New Chicago immigration campaign prompts confusion as city braces for federal intervention The Department of Homeland Security is trumpeting the start of a new immigration operation in Chicago that's stirring up fresh confusion and anxiety.
Politics Aug 28 DHS asks military base near Chicago for immigration enforcement support The Trump administration asked a military base outside of Chicago for support on immigration operations this week, offering a clue of what an expanded law enforcement crackdown might look like in the nation's third-largest city.
Politics Aug 28 Guard not needed in Chicago, Pritzker tells AP during tour of city to counter Trump’s crime claims Trump and Pritzker have traded insults for days over a supposed plan that would deploy the National Guard to Chicago and Baltimore, as the administration has done in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Pritzker and city leaders vow to sue,…
Education Aug 25 DC school year starts with parents on edge over Trump’s armed patrols As schools opened across the capital city, parental social media groups and listservs were buzzing with reports and rumors of checkpoints and arrests.
Politics Aug 14 Texas Democrats set terms to end nearly 2-week walkout over GOP redistricting effort The Democrats announced they will return so long as Texas Republicans end a special session and California releases its own redrawn map proposal, both of which were expected to happen Friday.
Nation Jul 11 Boeing reaches settlement with man whose wife and children died in 737 Max crash in Ethiopia Boeing reached a settlement Friday with a Canadian man whose wife and three children were killed in a deadly 2019 crash in Ethiopia, averting the first trial connected to the devastating event that led to a worldwide grounding of Max…
Nation Jul 07 These are just a few of the victims of the Guadalupe River flash flooding Two 8-year-old sisters from Dallas who had just completed 2nd grade. A beloved soccer coach and teacher. An Alabama elementary school student away from home.
Nation Jul 06 Young students, a grandparent and a camp director among those killed in Texas floods A small-town grandmother who disappeared on her way to work. A beloved director of Texas summer camp for girls. An Alabama elementary student away from home. These are a few of the dozens of victims lost in devastating flooding in Texas.
Politics Jun 25 Pritzker to seek 3rd term as Illinois governor amid questions of higher ambitions JB Pritzker, who has spent years building a national profile, will seek a third term as Illinois’ governor.
Politics May 01 From Taipei to Turkey, ‘Trumpization’ looms over international May Day marches Hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. and around the world rallied Thursday in May Day protests that united many in anger over President Donald Trump’s agenda from aggressive tariffs that are stoking fears of global economic turmoil to…