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Hegseth forces out Army’s top general, two other senior officers

By Dan Lamothe and Tara Copp
Apr 02, 2026 7:49 pm - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has asked the Army’s top officer to step down and retire, defense officials said Thursday, an extraordinary move amid the war with Iran and the latest in a series of clashes between the Pentagon chief and the service’s senior leadership.
Justice Dept. says the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional

By Maegan Vazquez and Jeremy Roebuck
Apr 02, 2026 7:25 pm - The Justice Department has concluded that a federal law requiring the preservation of presidential records is unconstitutional, which could effectively permit White House lawyers to try to set their own voluntary presidential recordkeeping policy and, potentially, upend decades-old legal precedent established in response to Richard M. Nixon’s effort to keep control of records upon his resignation from the Oval Office.
Federal government sues Illinois, two other states over regulation of prediction markets

By SUSAN HAIGH
Apr 02, 2026 7:11 pm - The federal government on Thursday sued Illinois, Connecticut and Arizona, challenging their efforts to regulate prediction market operators such as Kalshi and Polymarket.
‘A regular neighborhood guy’: Suburban mayors talk White Sox with Pope Leo XIV during trip to the Vatican

By Christopher Placek
Apr 02, 2026 7:02 pm - Illinois mayors met Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican during a private audience at the Vatican this week, discussing baseball and the White Sox with the Chicago-born pontiff who joked the team “could use a few more wins.”
Equal access, but to less information: Kane County may reduce online board materials, to meet federal rule

By Susan Sarkauskas
Apr 02, 2026 6:21 pm - Kane County may stop posting some board-meeting documents online, as it approaches a deadline to meet a federal rule about equal accessibility for people with disabilities.
‘Just the start’: After losing 9th congressional race, Abughazaleh to keep campaign office open as aid and activity hub

By Russell Lissau
Apr 02, 2026 6:15 pm - Unsuccessful in her recent congressional campaign, Kat Abughazaleh on Thursday revealed she’ll remain an active community organizer in the Chicago area.
Why former Glendale Heights village president says he can’t get a fair trial in DuPage County

By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas
Apr 02, 2026 5:40 pm - Claiming that he can’t get a fair trial on forgery, disorderly conduct and battery charges in DuPage County, Glendale Heights’ former village president is asking a court to ship his case off to Cook.
Trump sets 100% drug tariffs on companies that haven’t lowered prices

By David J. Lynch and Dan Diamond
Apr 02, 2026 4:32 pm - President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered a new 100% tariff on imported drugs made by companies that have not agreed to lower their retail prices, the latest move in his evolving campaign to reshape global trade and promote domestic manufacturing
Death of a refugee left at a Buffalo doughnut shop by Border Patrol is ruled a homicide

By JENNIFER PELTZ and JAKE OFFENHARTZ
Apr 02, 2026 4:22 pm - The death of a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar who was found on a Buffalo street in February — five days after Border Patrol agents left him at a doughnut shop — has been ruled a homicide, authorities said Wednesday.
Trump’s White House ballroom gets final approval days after a judge ordered a halt to construction

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Apr 02, 2026 4:18 pm - President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom won final approval from a key agency on Thursday, despite a federal judge recently ordering a halt to construction unless Congress allows what would be the biggest structural change to the American landmark in more than 70 years.

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