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Pivotal talks between Israel and Hamas begin in Egypt on eve of Gaza war anniversary

By SAMY MAGDY, MELANIE LIDMAN and WAFAA SHURAFA
Oct 06, 2025 9:06 am - Israeli and Hamas officials launched indirect talks Monday at an Egyptian resort on a U.S.-drafted peace plan to end the ruinous war in Gaza on the eve of its second anniversary.
Trump plan would limit disability benefits for older Americans

Meryl Kornfield, Lisa Rein
Oct 05, 2025 4:33 pm - The Trump administration is preparing a plan that will make it harder for older Americans to qualify for Social Security disability payments, part of an overhaul of the f...
Trump plans to federalize 300 troops in Illinois, as judge blocks a similar mobilization in Oregon

Associated Press
Oct 05, 2025 4:16 pm - President Donald Trump authorized the deployment of 300 Illinois National Guard troops to protect federal officers and assets in Chicago on Saturday, marking the latest escalation of his use of federal intervention in cities.
Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

By SOPHIA TAREEN
Oct 05, 2025 4:12 pm - Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in Chicago.
Trump administration resumes student loan forgiveness

By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel
Oct 04, 2025 9:59 pm - The Education Department resumed student loan forgiveness this week under a long-standing repayment plan that has been suspended since July.The federal agency informed borrowers who have spent a quarter of a century repaying their loans that they are now eligible to have their remaining balances cleared if they are enrolled in the Income-Based Repayment plan, known as IBR.
Legal setbacks mount for Trump’s birthright order before likely Supreme Court review

By MICHAEL CASEY and SUDHIN THANAWALA
Oct 04, 2025 9:52 pm - Over a span of a month this summer, four separate federal courts rejected President Donald Trump’s executive order ending automatic citizenship for the children of people in the country illegally or temporarily. On Friday, one more court weighed in, and the result was no different.
Trump plans to deploy National Guard in Illinois, Pritzker says; woman shot during chaotic ICE action in Chicago

From Daily Herald Wire Services
Oct 04, 2025 4:19 pm - The Trump administration plans to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard, Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker said Saturday.
Suburban soybean farmers looking for solution to China’s boycott amid tariff war

By Eric Peterson
Oct 04, 2025 2:00 pm - The effect of a Chinese boycott of American soybeans in retaliation for punitive U.S. tariffs is being felt even in the suburbs.
Gov. Pritzker rejects Trump’s ultimatum to call up Illinois National Guard

By Madhu Krishnamurthy
Oct 04, 2025 1:36 pm - Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says he rejects the Trump administration’s Department of War issuing an ultimatum Saturday morning urging the Democratic leader to “call up your troops, or we will.”
US kills 4 alleged drug smugglers near Venezuela, Hegseth says

By Tara Copp
Oct 03, 2025 7:54 pm - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. military conducted another deadly strike on an alleged drug boat Friday, killing four people while questions remain as to the legal justification underpinning the attacks on suspected narcotics traffickers from Latin America.

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