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Kilmar Abrego García’s lawyers say threat to deport him to Uganda is coercion
Aug 23, 2025 4:16 pm - The night before Kilmar Abrego García was set to be released from a Tennessee jail, federal prosecutors urged him to strike a deal: Plead guilty to two counts of human smuggling, serve his sentence, and be deported to Costa Rica, a tropical, Spanish-speaking refuge regarded as the safest country in Central America.When he declined the offer in favor of awaiting trial with his family in Maryland, officials threatened to deport him within days to Uganda, an African nation to which the State Department has discouraged travel because of the ongoing risk of terror attacks, his lawyers wrote in a filing Saturday detailing their account of those exchanges.
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Fed Chair Powell faces fresh challenges to Fed independence amid potential rate cuts
Aug 23, 2025 4:13 pm - Now that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has signaled that the central bank could soon cut its key interest rate, he faces a new challenge: how to do it without seeming to cave to the White House's demands.For months, Powell has largely ignored President Donald Trump's constant hectoring that he reduce borrowing costs. Yet on Friday, in a highly-anticipated speech, Powell suggested that the Fed could take such a step as soon as its next meeting in September
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Festival of the Arts in Glen Ellyn showcases variety of workAug 23, 2025 4:05 pm - The 56th annual Festival of the Arts returned to the shores of Lake Ellyn in Glen Ellyn, featuring at least 60 artists showing their work.
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‘Everyone has fun’: Buffalo Grove pool season ends with cardboard boat regattaAug 23, 2025 3:53 pm - Willow Stream Pool’s season finished Saturday with Buffalo Grove Park District’s annual Cardboard Boat Regatta.
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Man indicted in fatal shooting of daughter-in-law outside Schaumburg hotelAug 23, 2025 3:24 pm - A Cook County judge announced an indictment against a 76-year-old downstate man charged with fatally shooting his daughter-in-law outside a Schaumburg hotel.
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Israeli strikes and gunfire kill 33 as Gaza City becomes focus of famine and a military offensive
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Texas redistricting fight shakes up battle lines for both parties in key US Senate race
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Boy arrested after stolen auto strikes tree in West DundeeAug 23, 2025 2:12 pm - A boy driving a stolen SUV was arrested Saturday morning in West Dundee after striking a tree and then trying to flee, police announced.
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Colbert not set for new show with Democratic representativeAug 23, 2025 2:02 pm - In this week’s Facts Matter column, Bob Oswald examines claims that “The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert is teaming up with Jasmine Crockett for a new show, and other fake news.
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Kilauea’s eruption is back as the Hawaii volcano shoots lava for the 31st time since December