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Energy prices surge as tanker disruptions and facility shutdowns rattle global supply

By DAVID McHUGH
Mar 02, 2026 3:08 pm - Energy prices rose sharply Monday as disruptions to tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and damage to production facilities raised uncertainty about how U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran would affect supply to the world economy.
Bill Clinton tries to distance himself from Epstein in videos released from his testimony last week

By STEPHEN GROVES
Mar 02, 2026 3:00 pm - Videos of former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton answering questions about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were released Monday by a House committee investigating the late financier.
Hegseth addresses strikes in Iran and says this conflict is 'not endless'

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
Mar 02, 2026 7:43 am - WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday spoke to widening concerns that the U.S.-Israeli strikes in Iran could spiral into a protracted regional conflict by...
War in the Mideast widens as Trump says strikes on Iran could last several weeks

By JON GAMBRELL, MELANIE LIDMAN and SAMY MAGDY
Mar 02, 2026 7:28 am - Israel and the United States pounded Iran on Monday in a campaign that U.S. President Donald Trump said would likely take several weeks. Tehran and its allies hit back against Israel, Gulf states and targets critical to the world’s energy production.
For Chicago-area Iranians, war stirs complex mix of emotions

By Steve Zalusky
Mar 01, 2026 6:56 pm - The war in Iran and the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has aroused complex and often conflicting emotions for members of the Chicago area’s Iranian community.
‘It’s so outrageous’: Anti-war protesters rally in Aurora

Daily Herald report
Mar 01, 2026 6:00 pm - Anti-war protesters gathered Sunday in downtown Aurora’s Wilder Park to oppose the launch of a new military conflict with Iran.
Amid partial DHS shutdown, Illinois remains on edge over ICE coming back

By Sam Freeman
Mar 01, 2026 10:30 am - Even with the Department of Homeland Security partially shut down and aggressive immigration campaigns apparently on hold, state and Chicago leaders are looking for ways to ensure safer policing, accountability and transparency in immigration enforcement.
War powers debate intensifies after Trump orders attack on Iran without approval by Congress

By LISA MASCARO
Feb 28, 2026 7:39 pm - Key members of Congress are demanding a swift vote on a war powers resolution that would restrain President Donald Trump's military attack on Iran unless the administration wins their approval for what they warn is a potentially illegal campaign that risks pulling the United States into a deeper Middle East conflict.
Even amid partial DHS shutdown, Illinois remains on edge over ICE coming back

BY SAM FREEMAN
Feb 28, 2026 5:22 pm - Illinois and Chicago leaders are considering their legislative options while remaining on guard for another round of immigration raids, even as the Department of Homeland Security partially shuts down. A new bill introduced to the Illinois Senate would prohibit law enforcement agencies in Illinois from hiring individuals who serve as federal immigration officers for the U.S. Department of Immigration and Customs between Jan. 20, 2025 and Jan 20, 2029.
DHS shutdown could go on for a while — because voters aren’t paying attention

By Paul Kane
Feb 28, 2026 5:22 pm - Government shutdowns usually need a pressure point to force a compromise that brings them to their end.There’s no sign of any such pressure point in the current shutdown, which has left the Department of Homeland Security shuttered.

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