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Border Patrol official behind Chicago immigration crackdown defends tactics as Trump cheers
Nov 04, 2025 4:27 pm - ROSEMONT — The Border Patrol commander leading an immigration crackdown in Chicago applauded his agents’ aggressive tactics that have prompted resident backlash and lawsu...
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Israel says the remains of a hostage have been turned over in Gaza
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DC ‘sandwich guy’ goes on trial, says prosecution is half-baked
Nov 04, 2025 3:50 pm - The D.C. man who flung a sandwich at a federal agent in a show of resistance to President Donald Trump’s takeover of local law enforcement went on trial this week, as his lawyers blasted the Justice Department for what they described as excessive and ham-fisted policing.
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Most Trump ballroom donors have federal contracts, watchdog says
Nov 04, 2025 3:49 pm - A majority of the corporate donors who have been named as donors to President Donald Trump’s ballroom construction project have received government contracts in recent years, according to a report released Monday by a watchdog group.
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Wheeling prohibits agents from using village property to prepare for immigration enforcement activitiesNov 04, 2025 2:59 pm - Wheeling has formally banned federal agents from using municipal property to plan immigration-related activities.
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Building a ‘Legacy’: U-46 adopts new Elgin middle school name suggested by teacher who just received kidney transplantNov 04, 2025 2:46 pm - Elgin Area School District U-46’s new 193,000-square-foot middle school under construction in Elgin will be called “Legacy.” The name was among 370 nominations for the new school. It was suggested by a teacher who recently received a kidney transplant.
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Hearing begins to determine if man accused of shooting Bensenville police officer in 2021 was insaneNov 04, 2025 2:44 pm - Nearly four years after his career as a Bensenville police officer ended in a hail of gunfire, Steven Kotlewski this week faced the man accused of shooting him.
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US Steel details plans to invest $11 billion by 2028 across all business segments
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Names released of 2 people found dead in car in Crystal Lake
Nov 04, 2025 2:04 pm - A man and a woman were found dead in a car along the road of a Crystal Lake residential neighborhood Tuesday morning, officials report.
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Bolingbrook blocks release of body camera video of ICE agents claiming they were batteredNov 04, 2025 1:58 pm - The village of Bolingbrook has declined to release body camera video regarding an Oct. 19 incident that involved federal immigration agents who claimed they were battered.