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In tense meeting, Trump told Zelenskyy to concede land, meet Putin’s demands

Ellen Francis, Catherine Belton, David L. Stern
Oct 20, 2025 12:28 pm - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is rallying the support of his European partners after a bruising meeting with President Donald Trump, in which he was told to make concessions to end the war or risk facing destruction at the hands of Russia.
Trump’s immigration crackdown weighs heavy on the US labor market

By PAUL WISEMAN and GISELA SALOMON
Oct 20, 2025 10:41 am - President Donald Trump’s sweeping crackdown on immigration is throwing foreigners out of work and shaking the American economy and job market. And it’s happening at a time when hiring is already deteriorating amid uncertainty over Trump’s erratic trade policies.
As US envoys visit Israel to bolster ceasefire, militants in Gaza hand over the remains of a hostage

By SAM MEDNICK, SAMY MAGDY and WAFAA SHURAFA
Oct 20, 2025 7:36 am - Special envoy Steve Witkoff and the U.S. president's son-in-law Jared Kushner were in Israel Monday to shore up the tenuous ceasefire that's holding in Gaza, a day after the fragile deal faced its first major flare-up with Israel threatening to halt aid transfers after it said Hamas militants had killed two soldiers.
Zelenskyy says his meeting with Trump was ‘positive’ though he didn't get the Tomahawk missiles

By SAMYA KULLAB
Oct 20, 2025 7:34 am - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his reportedly tense meeting with U.S President Donald Trump last week was “positive” — even though he did not secure the Tomahawk missiles for Ukraine — and emphasized what he said is continued American interest in economic deals with Kyiv.
Race to succeed U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky is attracting millions in campaign cash, records show

By Russell Lissau
Oct 19, 2025 8:45 pm - The Democratic primary for Illinois’ 9th U.S. House seat could be the state’s costliest congressional clash.
State emergency officials say new rules and delays for FEMA grants put disaster response at risk

By GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA
Oct 19, 2025 4:14 pm - State officials on the front lines of preparing for natural disasters and responding to emergencies say severe cuts to federal security grants, restrictions on money inte...
ICE agents search for detainee through Mount Prospect neighborhood

By Steve Zalusky
Oct 19, 2025 4:14 pm - Armed and masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents conducted operations Sunday in the area of Mount Prospect’s Owen Park, witnesses and local police said.
ICE amps up its surveillance powers, targeting immigrants and antifa

By Eva Dou
Oct 18, 2025 10:17 pm - The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has been rapidly building out its surveillance capabilities in recent weeks, signing a string of contracts for technologies to identify individuals by their irises or facial features and to monitor their cellphone activity, social media posts and physical movements, according to a review of federal spending disclosures.
DHS to spend $200 million on private jets for Noem, other officials

By Marianne LeVine and Gerrit De Vynck
Oct 18, 2025 8:04 pm - The Coast Guard plans to buy two Gulfstream private jets to be used by Homeland Security Department Secretary Kristi L. Noem and other top DHS and Coast Guard officials at a total estimated cost of $200 million, according to a document obtained by The Washington Post.
Trump moves closer to eliminating Education Department amid shutdown

By Laura Meckler and Danielle Douglas-Gabriel
Oct 18, 2025 7:58 pm - The prolonged government shutdown is helping the Trump administration advance its goal of closing the Department of Education — a longtime conservative aim that congressi...

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