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No Democratic National Convention repeat for Chicago in 2028

By Dan Petrella and Jake Sheridan
Aug 20, 2026 1:19 pm - The Democratic National Convention will not return to Chicago in 2028, dashing hopes for the first United Center repeat since the Michael Jordan-era Bulls and delivering an election-year loss to Gov. JB Pritzker.
Chicago doesn’t make the cut as Democrats narrow their list of 2028 presidential convention sites

By MIKE CATALINI
Aug 20, 2026 7:57 am - Democrats on Thursday narrowed the list of potential host cities for their 2028 presidential convention to Boston, Denver and Philadelphia as their party looks ahead to a wide-open primary to succeed President Donald Trump.
Prices soar as Gaza smuggling booms. Officials, soldiers and middlemen are accused of cashing in

By SAMY MAGDY
Aug 20, 2026 7:00 am - Palestinians face inflated prices for groceries and batteries, hospitals have turned to smugglers for medicine and equipment, and Israeli soldiers and other middlemen are accused of pocketing millions of dollars as the smuggling of goods restricted by Israel into the Gaza Strip has boomed, according to an Associated Press investigation based on court documents and interviews with traders, truckers and officials.
Illinois Democrats focused on Trump as they seek third sweep of statewide races

By Ben Szalinski and Brenden Moore
Aug 19, 2026 6:08 pm - Illinois Democrats focused on Trump as they seek third sweep of statewide races
Trump picks Dr. Heidi Overton, a top White House aide, to lead FDA

By ALI SWENSON
Aug 19, 2026 11:41 am - Dr. Heidi Overton, a top White House aide, has been picked to lead the Food and Drug Administration, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday. As a medical doctor and d...
'No serious dispute' that Comey's seashell post could be read as a Trump threat, prosecutors say

By ERIC TUCKER
Aug 19, 2026 11:12 am - The Department of Justice is defending its prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey, saying “there is no serious dispute" that a social media post of seashells he made last year could be understood as a threat against President Donald Trump.
‘Making American history unavailable’: Genealogists lament plan to move National Archives from Chicago

By Barbara Vitello
Aug 18, 2026 6:07 pm - Historians, genealogists and other researchers fear losing access to the historical records housed at the National Archives at Chicago, one of two regional National Archives and Records Administration facilities that are set to close.
ABC sues FCC over challenge to its broadcast licenses, saying actions present ‘existential threat’

By JOCELYN NOVECK and MIKE CATALINI
Aug 18, 2026 11:24 am - Further escalating its battle with the Trump administration, ABC on Tuesday took the rare step of suing the Federal Communications Commission on First Amendment grounds, saying the agency's demand for early review of broadcast licenses posed an “existential threat” to its operations.
South Korea president stresses US alliance as many baffled by Trump order to cut exercises

By HYUNG-JIN KIM
Aug 18, 2026 8:01 am - South Korea’s president said Tuesday a solid alliance with the United States underpins national security, after U.S. President Donald Trump’s abrupt order to “substantially reduce” joint military exercises left many many South Koreans baffled and concerned.
Drug prices have declined sharply, and Trump is taking credit. The reason behind the drop is complex

By ALI SWENSON
Aug 18, 2026 7:59 am - President Donald Trump has been taking credit for new federal data that shows U.S. prescription drug prices fell 0.8% in July and are down 3.1% from a year ago, the steepest year-over-year drop since 1963.

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