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Venezuelan immigrants in Chicago live in fear after loss of temporary legal status

By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Ryan Connelly Holmes

The Trump administration announced Friday that starting on Sept. 2, Haitians cannot remain in the U.S. under temporary protected status. It’s part of a broader change by the administration to revoke legal protections for citizens of several countries, including Venezuela.

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Pritzker to seek 3rd term as Illinois governor amid questions of higher ambitions

By Sophia Tareen, John O'Connor, Associated Press

JB Pritzker, who has spent years building a national profile, will seek a third term as Illinois’ governor.

WATCH: Governors from NY, IL and MN testify at hearing on ‘sanctuary’ policies and immigration

By Joey Cappelletti, David A. Lieb, Associated Press

Republican lawmakers clashed repeatedly with the Democratic governors, as the daylong hearing turned into a yelling match at multiple moments.

20 states sue Trump administration over conditions placed on federal transportation and disaster-relief funds

By Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press

Democratic attorneys general say the Trump administration is threatening to withhold billions of dollars in transportation and disaster-relief funds unless states agree to certain immigration enforcement actions.

Illinois landlord sentenced to 53 years in prison for hate-crime murder of Palestinian American boy

By Associated Press

Joseph Czuba also severely injured the boy's mother in a brutal attack days after the war in Gaza began.

Driver who hit after-school camp in Illinois may have had health emergency, police say

By John O'Connor, Associated Press

The driver of a car that barreled through a building used for a popular after-school camp in central Illinois, killing three children and a teenager, was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol and may have had a medical emergency, police…

Police say driver likely did not target after-school camp in crash that killed 3 children and 1 teen

By John O'Connor, Associated Press

The 44-year-old driver was not injured but was taken to a hospital for evaluation, and toxicology reports are pending.

Dick Durbin, the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat, won’t seek reelection, says ‘it’s time to pass the torch’

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois said Wednesday that he will not seek reelection in 2026, ending his more than four-decade career representing Illinois.

100 years ago this week, nearly 700 people were killed in the deadliest U.S. tornado

By John O'Connor, Associated Press

The Tri-State Tornado touched down in southeastern Missouri on March 18, 1925. It tore through Missouri, Illinois and into Indiana with a mile-wide funnel, killing 695 people.