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With Comey prosecution, Trump fulfills promise of revenge

By Patrick Marley
Sep 26, 2025 8:12 pm - On the campaign trail, Donald Trump equivocated when the television host “Dr. Phil” McGraw asked him to swear off retribution against his political foes.“Sometimes revenge can be justified, Phil,” Trump said. “I have to be honest.”On Thursday night and Friday morning, Trump celebrated one of the most brazen examples of payback since his return to the White House.
Trump’s transportation department pulls trail and bike grants it deems ‘hostile’ to cars, including an Illinois project

By JEFF McMURRAY
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...
Federal agents fire chemicals as protesters try to block car at immigration site outside Chicago

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO
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.
Chair of a House committee on China demands urgent White House briefing on TikTok deal

By DIDI TANG
Sep 26, 2025 4:21 pm - The chairman of a House committee that pushed for the law demanding TikTok be spun off from its Chinese owners has requested an urgent briefing from the White House, one day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order supporting a proposed deal that would put the popular social video platform under U.S. ownership.
At UN, amid jeers and cheers, Netanyahu says Israel 'must finish the job' against Hamas in Gaza

By JENNIFER PELTZ, ADAM GELLER and FARNOUSH AMIRI
Sep 26, 2025 9:10 am - Encircled by critics and protesters at the United Nations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told fellow world leaders on Friday that his nation “must finish the job” against Hamas in Gaza, giving a defiant speech despite growing international isolation over his refusal to end the devastating war. “Western leaders may have buckled under the pressure," he said. “And I guarantee you one thing: Israel won’t.”
Illinois braces for more patients as Wisconsin pauses abortions

By Mary Norkol
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.
Hegseth says Wounded Knee soldiers will keep their Medals of Honor

By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
Sep 25, 2025 8:02 pm - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that he has decided that the 20 soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for the actions in 1890 at Wounded Knee will keep their awards in a video posted to social media Thursday evening.
Trump to put import taxes on pharmaceutical drugs, kitchen cabinets, furniture and heavy trucks

By JOSH BOAK
Sep 25, 2025 6:50 pm - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will put import taxes of 100% on pharmaceutical drugs, 50% on kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities, 30% on upholstered furniture and 25% on heavy trucks starting on Oct. 1.
Ex-FBI Director James Comey charged with making false statement, obstruction, AP source says

By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Sep 25, 2025 6:16 pm - James Comey was charged Thursday with making a false statement and obstruction in a criminal case filed days after President Donald Trump appeared to urge his attorney general to prosecute the former FBI director and other perceived political enemies.
White House begins plan for mass firings if there’s a government shutdown

By Riley Beggin
Sep 25, 2025 3:59 pm - President Donald Trump’s administration instructed federal agencies Wednesday night to prepare for mass layoffs if the government shuts down Oct. 1, after federal funding runs out.

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