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DC ‘sandwich guy’ goes on trial, says prosecution is half-baked

By Salvador Rizzo
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.
Most Trump ballroom donors have federal contracts, watchdog says

By Justin Sink
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.
Wheeling prohibits agents from using village property to prepare for immigration enforcement activities

By Russell Lissau
Nov 04, 2025 2:59 pm - Wheeling has formally banned federal agents from using municipal property to plan immigration-related activities.
Judge hears testimony about crowded cells and overflowing toilets at Chicago-area immigration site

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO
Nov 04, 2025 2:21 pm - A judge heard testimony Tuesday about overflowing toilets, crowded cells, no beds and water that "tasted like sewer” at a Chicago-area building that serves as a key detention spot for people rounded up in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
Talks to end the government shutdown intensify as federal closure is on track to become longest ever

By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK
Nov 04, 2025 2:11 pm - Signs of a potential end to the government shutdown intensified Tuesday with behind-the-scenes talks, as the federal closure was on track to become the longest ever disrupting the lives of millions of Americans.
Mamdani and Cuomo face off as New York City chooses new mayor, while Sliwa hopes for an upset

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and JILL COLVIN
Nov 04, 2025 6:48 am - New York City's voters are deciding the outcome of a generational and ideological divide that will resonate across the country Tuesday as they choose the next mayor to run the nation's largest city.
Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in US history, dies at 84

By CALVIN WOODWARD
Nov 04, 2025 6:08 am - Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84.
NYC mayoral candidates make final push ahead of Election Day

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE
Nov 03, 2025 4:20 pm - Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo decried socialism as he shook hands in Manhattan and the Bronx, Democrat Zohran Mamdani walked over the Brooklyn Bridge with supporters at sunrise and Republican Curtis Sliwa campaigned on Coney Island as New York City’s mayoral candidates sprinted through their last full day of campaigning before Tuesday’s election.
Video shows immigration agent punching restrained man after car collision turns into confrontation

By REBECCA BOONE
Nov 02, 2025 3:25 pm - Police in a Chicago suburb are collecting videos and other evidence to send to the Illinois attorney general’s office after a car crash involving a U.S. Border Patrol veh...
Wheeling board could ban ICE operations on village property

By Steve Zalusky
Nov 02, 2025 1:06 pm - Wheeling officials said federal immigration agents approached a village fire station Saturday asking to use the station parking lot but soon left. Village President Patrick Horcher said a citizens' group arrived at the scene and began blowing whistles after they arrived.

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