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Schaumburg family still advocating improvement of state and federal medical marijuana laws

By Eric Peterson
Mar 28, 2026 4:43 pm - Celebrating her 20th birthday Sunday, Ashley Surin of Schaumburg has already had a profound influence on Illinois’ medical marijuana policy through a namesake 2018 law.
Trump ratchets up attacks on NATO, says U.S. no longer needs alliance

By Michael Birnbaum
Mar 28, 2026 3:39 pm - The United States may stop promising to defend its NATO allies should they come under attack, President Donald Trump said Friday, escalating his verbal barrage against the alliance as his frustration grows that European leaders have not significantly contributed to his war against Iran.
Claims at heart of FBI’s 2020 Georgia election probe have ‘no basis in reality,’ witness says

By Jeremy Roebuck
Mar 28, 2026 2:31 pm - An election security expert testified Friday that the claims the FBI cited to justify its recent seizure of 2020 election ballots from Georgia’s most populous county had “no basis in reality” and fundamentally misunderstood how elections work.
Energy fallout from Iran war signals a global wake-up call for renewable energy

By Aniruddha Ghosal, Anton L. Delgado and Allan Olingo
Mar 28, 2026 1:57 pm - The Iran war is exposing how much the global economy still depends on fragile fossil fuel supplies. The conflict has virtually choked off the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping lane for a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas. Analysts say the crisis is a stark reminder that energy security is not just about stockpiles and shipping, but also about the lagging transition to renewable energy.
‘I love my country’: ‘No Kings’ protests draw crowds against Trump in Buffalo Grove, other suburbs

By Russell Lissau
Mar 28, 2026 11:37 am - Demonstrators expressed their disapproval of President Donald Trump’s policies throughout the suburbs Saturday as part of national “No Kings” protests.
How the Homeland Security deal unraveled and split Republican leaders in Congress

By STEPHEN GROVES, MARY CLARE JALONICK and JOEY CAPPELLETTI
Mar 28, 2026 8:21 am - The collapse of the deal leaves Congress, now on a two-week spring break, with no easy way out of the impasse that has put DHS into a shutdown since mid-February.
Iran-backed Houthis claim first missile launch on Israel as war in the Mideast intensifies

By SAMY MAGDY, AAMER MADHANI and JON GAMBRELL
Mar 28, 2026 8:12 am - Iranian-backed Houthi rebels claimed a missile launch toward Israel early Saturday, their first since the war in the Middle East started. The Israeli military said it intercepted the projectile.
With Bears in mind, Sanders bill would offer up sports teams to city before ‘billionaire owners’ try to move

By Tina Sfondeles
Mar 27, 2026 6:28 pm - The Home Team Act would require the owner of a sports team to give a year’s notice of plans to relocate, giving the community a chance to buy the team at “fair market value."U.S. Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, called it a “keep-the-Bears-in-Chicago bill.”
Judge won’t block meeting that could exempt Gulf drilling from Endangered Species Act

By ALEXA ST. JOHN
Mar 27, 2026 5:04 pm - A judge ruled Friday that the Trump administration can convene a meeting next week to seek an exemption from the Endangered Species Act on the basis of national security for expanded oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
Vance holds first meeting of a new anti-fraud task force targeting benefit programs

By MICHELLE L. PRICE
Mar 27, 2026 4:53 pm - Vice President JD Vance on Friday held the inaugural meeting of a new anti-fraud task force he’s leading as the Trump administration seeks to show it’s cracking down on potential misuse of social programs.

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