Illinois
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Elections board deadlocks on $10M fine for Senate President Don Harmon
Oct 21, 2025 5:16 pm - The Illinois State Board of Elections deadlocked Tuesday on whether Senate President Don Harmon broke state election laws by accepting millions of dollars for his campaign after the 2024 primary.
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow deployment of National Guard in Chicago areaOct 17, 2025 4:15 pm - The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to allow the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area, escalating President Donald Trump's conflict with Democratic governors over using the military on U.S. soil.
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Gov. Pritzker reports $1.4 million in Las Vegas gambling winnings
Oct 16, 2025 5:19 pm - Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) reported $1.4 million in gambling winnings from a trip to Las Vegas last year, according to tax summaries released Thursday by his campaign....
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National Guard stands down in Illinois while troops patrol in Memphis with local police
Oct 10, 2025 6:19 pm - MEMPHIS, Tenn. — National Guard troops patrolled in Tennessee's second-largest city for the first time Friday while soldiers in Illinois were engaged only in planning and...
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Trump plans to federalize 300 troops in Illinois, as judge blocks a similar mobilization in Oregon
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.
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Trump plans to deploy National Guard in Illinois, Pritzker says; woman shot during chaotic ICE action in Chicago
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.
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Trump’s transportation department pulls trail and bike grants it deems ‘hostile’ to cars, including an Illinois project
Sep 26, 2025 5:26 pm - CHICAGO — President Donald Trump's transportation department has been pulling back grants already announced for recreational trails and bicycle lanes, telling local offic...
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Federal agents fire chemicals as protesters try to block car at immigration site outside Chicago
Sep 26, 2025 4:33 pm - Federal agents fired pepper balls and tear gas at protesters near an immigration enforcement building in suburban Chicago on Friday.The conflict over several hours is the latest pushback by federal authorities against protesters focused on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Broadview, about 12 miles west of Chicago, amid a surge of immigration enforcement that began early this month.
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‘It’s a black hole’: Broadview ICE facility sparks complaints of inhumane conditions
Sep 26, 2025 10:41 am - A boarded-up building in a small Chicago suburb has become the front line of a federal immigration crackdown, with growing accusations that the facility meant to process arrestees is a de facto detention center plagued by inhumane conditions.
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Illinois braces for more patients as Wisconsin pauses abortions
Sep 26, 2025 8:19 am - Illinois elected officials and abortion providers foresee an influx of Wisconsin patients after the state’s Planned Parenthood branch announced Wednesday it would pause abortions Oct. 1 while it faces losing Medicaid funding as a result of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax law.