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Shutdown guts US cybersecurity agency at perilous time

By Joseph Menn
Oct 02, 2025 7:27 pm - The lead U.S. agency for protecting the electric grid, water supply and other critical services from hacking has furloughed most of its already trimmed-down staff in the government shutdown, just as a decade-old law giving companies leeway to collaborate on cyberdefense expired.
Firings and resignations roil US attorney’s office prosecuting Comey

By Salvador Rizzo
Oct 02, 2025 7:23 pm - Lawyers inside the high-profile U.S. attorney’s office prosecuting former FBI director James B. Comey are unnerved by what they see as an unprecedented push by President Donald Trump to inject politics into their staffing and charging decisions, according to three people familiar with the matter, a strategy they say could jeopardize national security investigations.
Trump uses government shutdown to dole out firings and political punishment

By LISA MASCARO, JOSH BOAK and SEUNG MIN KIM
Oct 02, 2025 7:21 pm - President Donald Trump has seized on the government shutdown as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish detractors, saying he planned to meet with budget director Russ Vought to talk through “temporary or permanent” spending cuts that could set up a lose-lose dynamic for Democratic lawmakers.
State unveils six-year, $50.6 billion infrastructure plan

By Jerry Nowicki
Oct 02, 2025 7:02 pm - Illinois on Wednesday unveiled its latest six-year, $50.6 billion infrastructure plan for the state’s roads, bridges, railways, airports and more.
Transit fiscal cliff shrinks in 2026 but will grow in 2027

By Marni Pyke
Oct 02, 2025 6:59 pm - The Regional Transportation Authority is expected to downsize the “fiscal cliff” facing Metra, Pace and the CTA in 2026 by over half at a Friday meeting.
European positions on Russia harden as drone incidents, cyberattacks and sabotage mount

By LORNE COOK
Oct 02, 2025 4:54 pm - Europe must take a more aggressive approach with Russia by shooting down drones that enter European airspace and boarding shadow fleet ships illicitly transporting oil to deprive Moscow of war revenue, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday.Speaking at a European summit in Copenhagen, Macron and other European leaders called for more sanctions against Russia — notably targeting its energy sector — and emphasized that Ukraine is on the front line in a widening hybrid war against Europe.
Israeli navy intercepts boats attempting to break Gaza blockade and arrests activists

By IBRAHIM HAZBOUN and RENATA BRITO
Oct 02, 2025 4:48 pm - Hundreds of Israeli police officers were deployed Thursday to the southern port of Ashdod to process some 450 international activists detained by Israeli naval forces hours earlier in the Mediterranean Sea, Israeli authorities said.The activists, including European lawmakers, were taking part of a flotilla attempting to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza when their vessels were intercepted, drawing widespread condemnation and sparking protests around the world.
‘Remember the fun’: The Bozeum in Elgin will celebrate famous TV clown

By Rick West
Oct 02, 2025 4:43 pm - Tom Holbrook is bringing his massive collection of Bozo the Clown memorabilia to a space in Elgin he’s dubbed The Bozeum.
Trump administration approval of new abortion drug infuriates the right

By Natalie Allison and Paige Winfield Cunningham
Oct 02, 2025 4:39 pm - The Trump administration has approved a new generic version of the mifepristone abortion pill, a decision made quietly by the Food and Drug Administration this week that is now prompting uproar among anti-abortion leaders.
After plan to shrink Kirchoff nixed, Rolling Meadows officials pivot to intersection fix

By Christopher Placek
Oct 02, 2025 4:35 pm - Rolling Meadows aldermen have approved spending $80,915 for a study to improve the intersection of Kirchoff Road and Oriole Lane. The vote this week came after their earlier rejection of a controversial plan to reduce lanes on Kirchoff.

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