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Democratic leaders in Congress demand a meeting with Trump as government shutdown looms
Sep 20, 2025 9:16 pm - As a possible federal shutdown looms, the Democratic leaders of Congress are demanding a meeting with President Donald Trump to negotiate an end to what they call “your decision” to shutter government offices if no action is taken by the end-of-the month deadline.
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Day and night get equal billing Monday as fall equinox arrives. Here’s what to know
Sep 20, 2025 8:37 pm - Day and night will get equal time for a brief moment Monday as much of the world heads into fall.The autumnal equinox arrives Monday, marking the start of the fall season for the Northern Hemisphere and the spring in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Speeding could be factor in Palatine pickup truck crash, police saySep 20, 2025 7:36 pm - Palatine police are examining evidence in a high-impact crash involving a 21-year-old man Saturday.
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Marchers head to Naval Station Great Lakes seeking end to mass deportationsSep 20, 2025 7:36 pm - Interfaith leaders from the suburbs and Chicago marched to Naval Station Great Lakes Saturday to protest ICE arrests.
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Honoring ‘Tio Beto’: Elgin street named for Korean War soldier missing for yearsSep 20, 2025 6:30 pm - “Every time I leave my house or open the window I can see his name,” family member says of new street name for Korean War corporal.
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California bans most law enforcement officers from wearing masks during operations
Sep 20, 2025 5:52 pm - California became the first state to ban most law enforcement officers, including federal immigration agents, from covering their faces while conducting official business under a bill that was signed Saturday by Gov. Gavin Newsom and swiftly denounced by Trump administration officials.
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Russia launches a large-scale attack on Ukraine, killing 3 and wounding dozens
Sep 20, 2025 5:45 pm - Russia launched a large-scale missile and drone attack targeting regions across Ukraine early Saturday, killing at least three people and wounding dozens more, Ukrainian officials said.
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Members of Congress take steps to tighten their own security after Kirk’s killingSep 20, 2025 5:40 pm - As House Speaker Mike Johnson gathered lawmakers this week to mourn Charlie Kirk, he summed up the grief felt by many on Capitol Hill — and the pervasive fear.
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Trump’s media enforcer is relishing his Jimmy Kimmel moment
Sep 20, 2025 3:16 pm - Naming Brendan Carr to chair the Federal Communications Commission in November, President-elect Donald Trump heralded him as a “warrior for free speech.”Now, after spearheading the Trump administration’s successful push for ABC to take comedian Jimmy Kimmel off the air, Carr has become a gleeful avatar of what critics say is a sweeping government crackdown on speech — and his backers see as an overdue reckoning with an instinctively liberal broadcast industry.
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Emerging TikTok deal with China ensures US control of board and crucial algorithm, White House says
Sep 20, 2025 3:04 pm - An emerging TikTok deal with China will ensure that U.S. companies control the algorithm that powers the app's video feed and Americans will hold a majority of seats on a board overseeing U.S. operations, the White House said Saturday.