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Senate blocks military spending bill as shutdown drags on

By Riley Beggin and Theodoric Meyer
Oct 16, 2025 7:49 pm - Senate Democrats blocked a $852 billion bill that would fund the Defense Department through September, rejecting Republican efforts to approve individual full-year spendi...
Ex-Trump national security adviser Bolton charged with storing and sharing classified information

By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Oct 16, 2025 7:24 pm - Former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton was charged Thursday with storing top secret records at home and sharing with relatives diarylike notes about his time in government that contained classified information.
More cargo, more problems? Why retired suburban police chief is leading fight against heavier trucks

By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas
Oct 16, 2025 6:31 pm - To former Buffalo Grove and Cary police chief Steve Casstevens, the formula is obvious: bigger, fuller and heavier trucks mean bigger, more and worse crashes. That’s why the retired law enforcement leader opposes proposals in Congress to allow more densely packed semis. “Everything tells us it’s a bad idea,” he said.
Appeals court won’t let Trump deploy National Guard in Illinois for now

By Mark Berman
Oct 16, 2025 4:43 pm - A federal appeals court on Thursday said that it would not let President Donald Trump deploy troops in Illinois for now, leaving in place a judge’s ruling that blocked the administration from placing the National Guard in the Chicago area.
Preckwinkle bans ICE operations on Cook County property

By Charles Keeshan
Oct 16, 2025 4:28 pm - Federal immigration officials are banned from using county-owned property, resources and personnel for civil immigration enforcement activities, under an order signed Thursday by county board President Toni Preckwinkle.
ICE arrests Hanover Park police officer, says he’s in the country illegally

By Eric Peterson
Oct 16, 2025 2:06 pm - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials Thursday announced the arrest of a Hanover Park police officer from Montenegro, accused of being in the country illegally.
JD Vance dismisses bipartisan outrage over racist and offensive Young Republican group chat

By MEG KINNARD
Oct 15, 2025 8:18 pm - The public release of a Young Republican group chat that included racist language, jokes about rape and flippant commentary on gas chambers prompted bipartisan calls for ...
Judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from firing workers during the government shutdown

By JANIE HAR
Oct 15, 2025 8:13 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from firing workers during the government shutdown, saying the cu...
Democratic governors form state public health alliance to counter RFK Jr.

By David Ovalle and Lena H. Sun
Oct 15, 2025 4:44 pm - Fifteen Democratic governors on Wednesday announced the formation of a state public health alliance designed to counter turmoil at federal agencies under the Trump administration.Leaders of the Governors Public Health Alliance said it will serve as a hub for governors and public health leaders to monitor disease outbreaks, establish public health policy guidance, prepare for pandemics and buy vaccines and other supplies.
Supreme Court seems inclined to limit race-based electoral districts under the Voting Rights Act

By MARK SHERMAN
Oct 15, 2025 4:29 pm - The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared ready to gut a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that has helped root out racial discrimination in voting for more than a half century, a change that would boost Republican electoral prospects, particularly across the South.

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