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Nov 21, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Nov 21, 2025
Federal gun charges have been unsealed against a man who allegedly aimed a gun at a woman in a Little Village restaurant parking lot the same day federal immigration agents said that someone had shot at them as they ran enforcement raids near the restaurant and surrounding neighborhood.
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Nov 21, 2025
Politicians gathered in Elmwood Park to make a plea for financial support for efforts to replace aging lead pipes in area water systems.
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Nov 21, 2025
A man facing a federal terrorism charge for allegedly dousing a 26-year-old woman with gasoline and lighting her on fire on a Blue Line train car was ordered detained while awaiting trial Friday.
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Nov 21, 2025
A man facing a federal terrorism charge for allegedly dousing a 26-year-old woman with gasoline and lighting her on fire on a Blue Line train car was ordered detained while awaiting trial Friday.
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Nov 21, 2025
Pope Leo XIV opened a virtual meeting with American Catholic young people Friday by revealing a closely held pontifical secret: He uses a different Wordle start word each day.
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Nov 21, 2025
The Cook County State's Attorney's office is expanding citywide a program that allows Chicago police officers to directly file charges in some low-level felony gun cases, following a review of pilots in two police districts.
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Nov 21, 2025
Sean Morrison, the only Republican on the Cook County Board, drops his reelection bid leaving Elizabeth Doody Gorman uncontested.
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Nov 21, 2025
Naughty or nice, Christkindlmarket offers sugar and some spice.
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Nov 21, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent a recent Wednesday showered in praise from the vice president and health technology CEOs at a glitzy "Make America Healthy Again" event in Washington, designed to celebrate the health secretary's successes and the movement he has built.
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Nov 21, 2025
Wall Street futures quickly reversed course and turned positive early Friday in very volatile markets, particularly when it comes to artificial intelligence.
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Nov 21, 2025
The Supreme Court is to meet in private Friday with a high-profile issue on its agenda — President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens.
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Nov 21, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Nov 21, 2025
One Skokie school in D68 is performing in the top 10% of the state, while a sister school has been downgraded to a "targeted" rating.
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Nov 21, 2025
Mayor Brandon Johnson's police settlement borrowing plan revives a practice past mayors discontinued and derided as financially reckless.
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Nov 21, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 21, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Nov 21, 2025
On Nov. 21, 1944, Dick Durbin was born in East St. Louis, Illinois, turns 81 today. First elected to the U.S. House in 1982 and to the Senate in 1996, Durbin is the state's senior senator and dean of the Illinois congressional delegation. At the end of his current term, Durbin's 30-year Senate tenure will tie him for the longest in state history with Shelby Cullom, a Republican from Springfield, who resigned as governor to serve from 1883 to 1913 as U.S. senator. He announced in April that he won't seek a sixth term, setting up a scramble among potential successors vying for a politically coveted six-year term.
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Nov 20, 2025
After months of rancor, Congress has passed and President Donald Trump has signed legislation compelling the Justice Department to give the public everything it has on Epstein.
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Nov 20, 2025
Anthony Nelson faces one felony count of possession of a firearm by a repeat felon and one felony count of aggravated assault of a peace officer.
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Nov 20, 2025
Illinois says Marklund got ahead of itself in asking to build multiple community-based homes before it had successfully run one, while the organization says the state is being arbitrary.
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Nov 20, 2025
The Federal Aviation Administration says only 776 of the more than 10,000 air traffic controllers who had to work without pay during the shutdown will receive bonuses.
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Nov 20, 2025
A series of six photos showed the rear of the engine starting to detach before it flew up and over the wing as flames erupted.
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Nov 20, 2025
The S&P 500 fell 1.6% Thursday after erasing an early surge that initially had it on track for its best day since May.
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Nov 20, 2025
The U.S. and Russia have drawn up a plan aimed at ending the war in Ukraine that calls for major concessions from Kyiv.
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Nov 20, 2025
The Will County approved levy will generate about $2.8 million less than County Executive Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant proposed.
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Nov 20, 2025
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis issued a 233-page ruling on the use of force by immigration agents during "Operation Midway Blitz," revealing new information gleaned from body-worn cameras and other evidence.
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Nov 20, 2025
A federal judge on Thursday issued a scathing opinion that takes a deep dive into the use of force by immigration agents during "Operation Midway Blitz."
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Nov 20, 2025
A federal judge on Thursday issued a scathing opinion that takes a deep dive into the use of force by immigration agents during Operation Midway Blitz.
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Nov 20, 2025
Marshall Field's has returned to State Street — almost 20 years since the brand was retired by Macy's. Here are highlights from the Chicago retailer's reign.
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Nov 20, 2025
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to end its monthslong deployment of National Guard troops to help police the nation's capital.
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Nov 20, 2025
State Senator Rick Niemeyer, R-Lowell, and Spencer Deery, R-West Lafayette, are the latest senators reportedly receiving swatting calls after the Indiana Senate decided against a special redistricting seession.
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Nov 20, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Nov 20, 2025
Like the last several years, the 2026 budget does not include any layoffs or new taxes, fines or fees. The county has not raised its base property tax levy in nearly three decades.
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Nov 20, 2025
New Lenox police urge caution after a resident lost $235,000 in an online fraudulent investment scheme.
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Nov 20, 2025
The Old Town resident and associate dean at the University of Illinois-Chicago School of Architecture was also married to an architect.
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Nov 20, 2025
The Old Town resident and associate dean at the University of Illinois-Chicago School of Architecture was also married to an architect.
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Nov 20, 2025
Washington National Cathedral on Thursday hosted a bipartisan show of respect and remembrance for Dick Cheney, the consequential and polarizing vice president who in later years became an acidic scold of fellow Republican President Donald Trump.
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Nov 20, 2025
Prosecutors want a joint trial for Ralph Stokes and Betty Ann Tomlinson, court filings show. Defense lawyers argue it would prejudice his case for a jury. Stokes, 24, of Gary, is accused of killing his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend. Tomlinson, the ex-girlfriend's mother, so far, is accused of helping to dispose of the body.
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Nov 20, 2025
President Donald Trump on Thursday accused half a dozen Democratic lawmakers of sedition "punishable by DEATH" after the lawmakers — all veterans of the armed services and intelligence community — called on U.S. military members to uphold the Constitution and defy "illegal orders."
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Nov 20, 2025
The new system will be a biometric kiosk that TSA describes as a" modernized alternative identity verification program," allowing passengers to access TSA checkpoints for up to 10 days after paying the $18 non-refundable fee.
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Nov 20, 2025
The Riverdale Village Board chose Trustee Cassandra Riley-Pinkney as acting mayor to replace Lawrence Jackson, convicted of perjury.
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Nov 20, 2025
A federal immigration crackdown based in North Carolina's largest city that authorities said led to hundreds of arrests is now over, a local law enforcement agency said Thursday.
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Nov 20, 2025
A federal appeals court has temporarily halted the release on bond of hundreds of immigrants whose arrests during Operation Midway Blitz are being challenged under a consent decree.
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Nov 20, 2025
A man suspected of staying overnight in an unoccupied room at a hotel in Chesterton was arrested at a hotel in Porter Tuesday.
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Nov 20, 2025
Here's what to know about the Chicago Bears' possible move from Soldier Field.
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Nov 20, 2025
Mayor Brandon Johnson on Thursday sought to head off concerns about public transit safety in the wake of a man lighting a woman on fire on the CTA Blue Line.
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Nov 20, 2025
A jury convicted a former Gary man Wednesday with beating his roommate to death with a sledgehammer at the Willows apartments.
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Nov 20, 2025
Most Chicagoans want the Bears to stay, but don't want to spend public money to keep them, a new survey has found.
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Nov 20, 2025
The deal will allow Abbott -- which makes continuous glucose monitors and other products -- to enter the cancer testing space.
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Nov 20, 2025
As cases of potentially deadly botulism in babies who drank ByHeart infant formula continue to grow, state officials say they are still finding the recalled product on some store shelves.
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Nov 20, 2025
Walmart delivered another standout quarter, posting strong sales and profits that blew past Wall Street expectations as it wins over more cash-strapped Americans who have grown increasing anxious about the economy.
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Nov 20, 2025
Verizon is laying off more than 13,000 employees, as the telecommunications giant says it must "reorient" its entire company.
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Nov 20, 2025
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes increased last month to the fastest pace since February as lower mortgage rates helped pull more homebuyers into the market.
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Nov 20, 2025
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has found.
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Nov 20, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Nov 20, 2025
Chicago Public Schools' culinary students help maintain the Drake Hotel's holiday gingerbread tradition.
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Nov 20, 2025
A immigration agent who bragged to colleagues about his marksmanship after shooting a Chicago woman accused of ramming his vehicle sent other text messages that are now in the hands of defense attorneys, marking yet another twist in a controversial case arising from "Operation Midway Blitz."
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Nov 20, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 20, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Nov 20, 2025
On Nov. 20, 1910, Francisco Madero led a revolt against Mexican President Porfirio Díaz, marking the beginning of the decade-long Mexican Revolution.
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Nov 19, 2025
President Donald Trump has signed a bill to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Nov 19, 2025
The district is currently undergoing a major facilities overhaul after voters in the spring approved the district selling $420 million in bonds.
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Nov 19, 2025
Terrance White, 32, pleaded guilty in June to attempted murder in aid of racketeering activity for the nearly decade-old shooting of then 10-year-old Tavon Tanner.
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Nov 19, 2025
A Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine's western city of Ternopil has killed at least 25 people, including three children.
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Nov 19, 2025
Videos of the attack have circulated widely on social media, stirring fear amongst Bright parents and getting the attention of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson.
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Nov 19, 2025
Congress is sending President Donald Trump a bill to compel the Justice Department to make public its case files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Nov 19, 2025
Congress is sending President Donald Trump a bill to compel the Justice Department to make public its case files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Nov 19, 2025
Discovered over the summer, the comet known as 3I/Atlas is only the third confirmed object to visit our corner of the cosmos from another star. It zipped harmlessly past Mars last month.
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Nov 19, 2025
A Gary man was sentenced Wednesday to a 105-year split term for killing his neighbor and wounding her fiancé.
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Nov 19, 2025
Alexian Brothers has not yet announced on what date it will stop scheduling deliveries of babies, but "will be doing so shortly," Ascension spokesperson Olga Solares said in an email.
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Nov 19, 2025
State Sen. Daniel Dernulc, R-Highland, received a false swatting call Wednesday — the day after the state Senate voted not to move forward with mid-census redistricting.
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Nov 19, 2025
The Israeli military has carried out airstrikes in southern Lebanon, targeting what it claims are Hezbollah weapons storage facilities.
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Nov 19, 2025
The Lake County Sheriff's Department received approval for a feasibility study of its indoor shooting range to review structural needs.
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Nov 19, 2025
A Gary man is accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend with a sawed-off shotgun on Monday.
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Nov 19, 2025
A federal judge said he plans to move ahead on a contempt investigation of the Trump administration for failing to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador in March.
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Nov 19, 2025
Chicago White Sox limited owner Justin Ishbia met with Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday in Rome and asked the world's most prominent Sox fan to bless the team's next ballpark when it opens.
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Nov 19, 2025
Palos Heights Mayor Robert Straz is waiting to hear from Trinity Christian College about plans for the 6601 W. College Drive campus.
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Nov 19, 2025
Tom Pritzker, cousin to Gov. JB Pritzker and a Hyatt Hotels heir, is named in documents of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Nov 19, 2025
A Chicago federal appeals court on Wednesday put the brakes on a lower court's preliminary injunction restricting the use of force in Operation Midway Blitz, saying it is "overbroad" and improperly targets virtually the entire executive branch, including President Donald Trump.
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Nov 19, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Nov 19, 2025
Prosecutors Wednesday afternoon charged Reed, of Chicago, with a single count of terrorism against a mass transportation system in an attack on the CTA Blue Line.
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Nov 19, 2025
Prosecutors Wednesday afternoon charged Lawrence Reed, of Chicago, with a single count of terrorism against a mass transportation system in an attack on the CTA Blue Line.
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Nov 19, 2025
The Merrillville School Board voted Tuesday to name two facilities after trailblazing women connected to the district. A special education center inside its own wing at Pierce Middle School will be called the Judy C. Dunlap Pirate Academy and sports fields and tennis courts on the high school's athletic campus will honor retired athletic director Janice Qualizza.
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Nov 19, 2025
The Northwestern Medicine Dauten Behavioral Health Institute will aim to better coordinate care and improve screening of patients.
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Nov 19, 2025
Federal agents have now arrested more than 250 people during a North Carolina immigration crackdown centered around Charlotte, the state's largest city, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday.
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Nov 19, 2025
For the fourth year in a row, use-of-force incidents involving Chicago Police officers are increasing, with advocates and officials saying the trend is helping to bring the reform process to a key point.
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Nov 19, 2025
Pope Leo discussed with Pritzker their shared concerns about the Trump administration's immigration enforcement practices in Chicago.
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Nov 19, 2025
Southland crime items compiled from police and court reports and news releases.
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Nov 19, 2025
The breach may have exposed the personal information of 6,679 people. The hospital said it has no evidence that any of the information has been used for identity theft or fraud.
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Nov 19, 2025
The Education Department is breaking off several of its main offices and giving their responsibilities to other federal agencies, an early look at how President Donald Trump could fulfill his campaign pledge to close the department entirely.
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Nov 19, 2025
U.S. immigration agents carrying out an enforcement push in North Carolina's largest city have arrested more than 130 people and are now moving into an area around the state's capital city.
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Nov 19, 2025
Wall Street bounced back from this week's losses early Wednesday ahead of the latest earnings report from Nvidia, considered a bellwether for artificial intelligence sector.
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Nov 19, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Nov 19, 2025
Two pastors of Evanston churches were among 21 arrested on Nov. 14 outside of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Broadview processing facility. One said he was beaten, bruised and had his hands zip-tied so tightly they went numb. They have a Dec. 3 court date where they will face three misdemeanor charges. Rev. Michael Woolf, […]
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Nov 19, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 19, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Nov 19, 2025
On Nov. 19, 1959, Ford Motor Co. announced it was halting production of the unpopular Edsel.
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Nov 18, 2025
New U.S. EPA rule would strip protections from 72% of the state's remaining wetlands, which play a crucial role in mitigating flooding and filtering drinking water.
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Nov 18, 2025
Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday strongly backed U.S. bishops who condemned the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
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Nov 18, 2025
President Trump denounced ABC News' Mary Bruce as a "terrible reporter" Tuesday and threatened the network's license to broadcast.
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Nov 18, 2025
President Donald Trump is insisting that the redistricting fight in Indiana is not over even as the GOP-led state Senate again refused Tuesday to return to the Capitol this year for a special session to draw new congressional maps.
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Nov 18, 2025
Twenty-three Congressional Democrats — including two from Illinois — joined with Republicans in favoring a resolution admonishing U.S. Rep. Jesús "Chuy" García for using old-school tactics to clear the way for his own House successor.
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