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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.
As Hegseth orders changes to the Pentagon watchdog, advocates say that will silence complaints

By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and BEN FINLEY
Oct 03, 2025 7:41 pm - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accused the independent watchdog for the Pentagon of being “weaponized” and says he's overhauling the Inspector General’s Office, upending the way that service members report abuse and other problems in the ranks.
Supreme Court will consider overturning Hawaii’s strict ban on guns on private property

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Oct 03, 2025 4:47 pm - The Supreme Court said on Friday that it will take up its latest gun rights case and consider striking down a strict regulation on where people can carry firearms in Hawaii.
Government funding vote fails again in Senate as hopes fade for quick end to shutdown

By STEPHEN GROVES, MARY CLARE JALONICK and MATT BROWN
Oct 03, 2025 4:41 pm - Hopes for a quick end to the government shutdown faded Friday as Democrats refused to budge in a Senate vote and President Donald Trump readied plans to unleash layoffs and cuts across the federal government.
Hamas says it accepts some elements of Gaza peace plan; Trump orders Israel to stop bombing Gaza

By WAFAA SHURAFA, BASSEM MROUE and JOSEPH KRAUSS
Oct 03, 2025 3:01 pm - Hamas said Friday that it has accepted some elements of U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to end the war in the Gaza Strip, including giving up power and releasing all remaining hostages, but that others require futher consultations among Palestinians.
Noem visits Chicago area ICE facility as agents detain multiple protesters outside

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO and JOHN O'CONNOR
Oct 03, 2025 1:26 pm - Federal agents detained multiple people Friday near an immigration facility outside Chicago that has frequently been targeted by protesters during President Donald Trump's administration’s surge of immigration enforcement this fall.
Trump pauses $2.1 billion for Chicago infrastructure projects, leveraging shutdown to pressure Democrats

By CHRIS MEGERIAN
Oct 03, 2025 9:05 am - President Donald Trump's administration will withhold $2.1 billion for Chicago infrastructure projects, the White House budget director said Friday, expanding funding fights that have targeted Democratic areas during the government shutdown.
We asked 1,000 Americans who is to blame for the shutdown. Here’s what they said.

Oct 02, 2025 8:01 pm - How concerned are Americans about the partial shutdown of the federal government and whom do they blame for causing it? The Washington Post texted a nationally representative sample of 1,010 people on Wednesday to ask.

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