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Another blue wave? Naperville’s Lauren Underwood working to make it happen while Republican fights to stop her

By BILL BARROW
Dec 15, 2025 3:18 pm - Naperville Democratic U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood Lauren Underwood has been working the phones to identify and counsel candidates she hopes can erase Republicans’ slim House majority in November's midterm elections.
US tariffs are having an uneven effect on holiday prices and purchases

By MAE ANDERSON
Dec 15, 2025 2:06 pm - Along with the unpredictable tariffs, stubborn inflation and weak hiring have shaken consumer confidence in the U.S. economy.
US to give Ukraine safety guarantees in peace talks

By STEFANIE DAZIO and AAMER MADHANI
Dec 15, 2025 10:54 am - The U.S. has agreed to provide unspecified security guarantees to Ukraine as part of a peace deal to end Russia's nearly four-year war, and more talks are likely this weekend, U.S. officials said Monday following the latest discussions with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Berlin.
Australia to tighten gun laws after Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre

By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY, ROD MCGUIRK and KRISTEN GELINEAU
Dec 15, 2025 8:25 am - Australian leaders promised Monday to immediately overhaul already-tough gun control laws after a mass shooting targeted a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney's Bondi Beach. At least 15 people died in the attack, which has fueled criticism that authorities are not doing enough to combat a surge in antisemitic crimes.
Judge’s ruling could doom Trump’s bid to prosecute Comey

By Jeremy Roebuck
Dec 13, 2025 8:00 pm - A federal judge ruled Friday that the Justice Department unlawfully accessed evidence central to its case against former FBI director James B. Comey, delivering what could be a death blow to President Donald Trump’s efforts to reindict one of his most prominent perceived rivals.
Trump’s team sees Europe’s ‘erasure.’ Europeans see a hostile US

By Ellen Francis
Dec 13, 2025 2:42 pm - A new U.S. national security strategy berating Europe has triggered a wave of acrimony across the Atlantic, enraging and dismaying European officials who say the document has turned the Trump administration’s vitriol against European democracies into formal policy.
‘Something’s got to give’: Sticker shock hits suburban Affordable Care Act enrollees

By Marni Pyke
Dec 13, 2025 10:00 am - ‘Our health system system is broken.’ With the Senate at a stalemate and no action from House, some in the suburbs are finding health insurance less affordable than ever. Suburbanites with ACA coverage are seeing increases from 47% to 95% in monthly premiums.
Immigration crackdown leaves teens to care for siblings after parents get detained

By JACK BROOK and SARA CLINE
Dec 12, 2025 3:46 pm - KENNER, La. ) — Vilma Cruz, a mother of two, had just arrived at her newly leased Louisiana home this week when federal agents surrounded her vehicle in the driveway. She...
Problems with commercial driver’s licenses for immigrants found in eigh states so far

By JOSH FUNK
Dec 12, 2025 3:42 pm - The federal government's crackdown on commercial driver's licenses for immigrants has found problems in eight states so far in the wake of several deadly crashes. Transp...
House Democrats release photos of Trump, Clinton and Andrew from Epstein's estate

By STEPHEN GROVES
Dec 12, 2025 10:41 am - House Democrats released a selection of photos from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, including some of Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and the former Prince Andrew.

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