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Top Iran security official is in Oman, site of talks with the US, likely over nuclear messages

By JON GAMBRELL
Feb 10, 2026 8:03 am - A top Iranian security official traveled on Tuesday to Oman, the Mideast sultanate now mediating talks between Tehran and Washington over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program aimed at halting a possible American strike.
FEMA denies appeal for aid for summer storm damage in Cook, Kane, McHenry and Will counties

By Janelle Walker
Feb 10, 2026 7:57 am - Illinois was unsuccessful in appealing the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s previous denial of a major disaster declaration following storms that caused damage around the Chicago area last August.
Judge blocks Trump’s $10B child care funding freeze that targeted blue states, including Illinois

By Nikoel Hytrek
Feb 09, 2026 7:08 pm - A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration’s freeze on $10 billion in child care and family planning funding to five Democratic-led states, including Illinois.
Ghislaine Maxwell appeals for clemency from Trump as she declines to answer questions from lawmakers

By STEPHEN GROVES
Feb 09, 2026 11:57 am - Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, declined to answer questions from House lawmakers in a deposition Monday, but indicated that if President Donald Trump ended her prison sentence, she was willing to testify that neither he nor former President Bill Clinton had done anything wrong in their relationships with Epstein.
Norwegian ambassador resigns as she faces scrutiny over contacts with Epstein

Feb 09, 2026 9:38 am - A Norwegian ambassador who was involved in Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts in the 1990s and most recently served in Jordan has resigned as she faces scrutiny over her contacts with Jeffrey Epstein, the country's Foreign Ministry said.
UK leader Starmer fights for his job as Mandelson-Epstein revelations spark a crisis

By JILL LAWLESS
Feb 09, 2026 7:35 am - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s position hung by a thread on Monday as he tried to persuade his Labour Party lawmakers not to kick him out of his job after just a year and a half in office.
Iran sentences Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to 7 more years in prison

By JON GAMBRELL
Feb 08, 2026 2:48 pm - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to over seven more years in prison after she began a hunger strike, supporte...
Japanese prime minister's party secures supermajority in lower house in landslide victory

By MARI YAMAGUCHI and FOSTER KLUG
Feb 08, 2026 2:21 pm - TOKYO (AP) — The governing party of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a two-thirds supermajority in a key parliamentary election Sunday, Japanese media reported citin...
Trump claims Americans waiting ‘200 years’ for an arch

By Bob Oswald
Feb 08, 2026 4:00 am - In this week’s Facts Matter column, Bob Oswald examines claims that Americans have been waiting ‘200 years’ for an arch to be built in Washington, D.C.
Bringing the country together, one pancake at a time: Political discussion group disagrees agreeably

By Steve Zalusky
Feb 08, 2026 3:00 am - A group that meets regularly in Schaumburg is proving you can disagree politically without being disagreeable.

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