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Chicago civil rights leader Jesse Jackson hospitalized for rare neurological disorder

By SOPHIA TAREEN
Nov 13, 2025 2:55 pm - The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who has been receiving around-the-clock care at home, has been hospitalized with a rare neurological disorder, according to his Chicago-based organization.
Justice Department sues to block California US House map in clash that could tip control of Congress

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL R. BLOOD
Nov 13, 2025 2:01 pm - The Justice Department on Thursday sued to block new congressional district boundaries approved by California voters last week, joining a court battle that could help determine which party wins control of the U.S. House in 2026.
Ukraine’s army chief visits besieged city as Zelenskyy confronts graft scandal

By ILLIA NOVIKOV
Nov 13, 2025 8:11 am - Ukraine’s top military commander said Thursday he visited troops holding the front line in a key eastern city besieged by Russian forces, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy grappled with the fallout from a corruption scandal that has engulfed his administration.
50-year mortgages? NFL kickoff rules? Here’s where some of Trump’s latest musings stand

By WILL WEISSERT
Nov 13, 2025 7:20 am - President Donald Trump loves offering outlandish ideas and then repeating them until they start to become mainstream — even if they don't always come to fruition.
Federal workers question whether the longest government shutdown was worth their sacrifice

By FATIMA HUSSEIN
Nov 13, 2025 7:16 am - With the longest shutdown ever coming to a close, hundreds of thousands of other federal workers who missed paychecks will soon get some relief.
‘Broadview Six’ plead not guilty to charges of ‘impeding’ agents outside ICE facility

By Hannah Meisel
Nov 12, 2025 10:06 pm - Six Chicago-area progressive candidates, officeholders and activists pleaded not guilty Wednesday on charges alleging they “impeded” a federal agent during a September protest outside of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility in suburban Broadview.
Pritzker worries that Trump will go to extremes to distract from Epstein files

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI
Nov 12, 2025 8:04 pm - Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he’s worried about how President Donald Trump might respond to the growing controversy over documents tying him to Jeffrey Epstein.
Trump signs funding bill, ending shutdown

By KEVIN FREKING, JOEY CAPPELLETTI and MATT BROWN
Nov 12, 2025 7:33 pm - President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill Wednesday night, ending a record 43-day shutdown that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without paychecks, stranded scores of travelers at airports and generated long lines at some food banks.
House effort to force vote on releasing Epstein files can advance

By Kadia Goba and Hannah Knowles
Nov 12, 2025 7:26 pm - A bipartisan House effort to force a vote on releasing more files related to the federal government’s investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein can now move forward.
Catholic bishops launch new program in defense of migrants

By Michelle Boorstein
Nov 12, 2025 6:37 pm - The Trump administration has deported 400,000 people this year and detained some 60,000 others, part of a crackdown on undocumented immigrants that has also swept up some who are in the country legally. Immigration enforcement officials have blocked priests from offering Communion to some incarcerated immigrants.

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