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ICE arrests nearly 550 in Chicago area as part of ‘Midway Blitz’

By REBECCA SANTANA
Sep 19, 2025 3:02 pm - Immigration enforcement officials have arrested more than 400 people as part of an operation in the Chicago area that launched a little less than two weeks ago, a top Immigration and Customs Enforcement official said Friday.
Senate rejects competing bills to fund government, increasing risk of shutdown on Oct. 1

By KEVIN FREKING
Sep 19, 2025 12:37 pm - The Senate rejected competing measures on Friday to fund federal agencies for a few weeks when the new budget year begins on Oct. 1, increasing prospects for a partial government shutdown on that date.
More employers fire workers over Kirk posts as pressure from right mounts

By Taylor Telford, Faiz Siddiqui
Sep 19, 2025 10:50 am - The wave of companies and other institutions firing or suspending employees over what they’ve said in reaction to the killing of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk has expanded in recent days, as some of his supporters in and outside the government amp up a push against speech they say crosses lines.
Russia leverages Kirk shooting for propaganda as false claims surge

By Joseph Menn
Sep 18, 2025 8:54 pm - Russian state-controlled media outlets and allied social media accounts have seized on the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk to push narratives that favor the...
Turning Point USA appoints Charlie Kirk’s widow as his successor

By Alec Dent
Sep 18, 2025 8:53 pm - Turning Point USA, the organization founded by conservative activist Charlie Kirk, announced Thursday that Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, was unanimously elected to succeed he...
Trump, allies seek to punish speech they dislike following Kirk killing

By Michael Birnbaum, Sarah Ellison and Perry Stein
Sep 18, 2025 8:12 pm - A week after the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, President Donald Trump and his allies are attacking critics of the right-wing activist who they say have gone too far, a ...
Senate Democrats introduce first bid to recognize Palestinian state

By Noah Robertson
Sep 18, 2025 6:48 pm - Democrats plan to introduce the Senate’s first resolution calling for the U.S. government to recognize a Palestinian state, escalating a push from the party’s progressive...
Kennedy’s advisory panel recommends new restrictions on MMRV vaccines

By MIKE STOBBE and LAURA UNGAR
Sep 18, 2025 5:46 pm - U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s hand-picked vaccine advisory committee on Thursday recommended the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention adopt new restrictions on a combination shot that protects against chickenpox as well as measles, mumps and rubella.
Growing number of Americans say US supports Israel too much in Gaza war, poll shows

By Sammy Westfall
Sep 18, 2025 4:07 pm - Compared with last year, more Americans now say the United States supports Israel too much in its war in Gaza — despite a large partisan divide on the issue — according t...
Trump officials ask Supreme Court to allow firing of Fed governor Lisa Cook

By Justin Jouvenal
Sep 18, 2025 3:38 pm - The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow it to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, an unprecedented move that would give the president g...

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