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Chicago mayor implores U.N. body to investigate ‘abusive’ immigration campaign

By Tobi Raji
Nov 07, 2025 7:05 pm - The mayor of Chicago on Friday invited a panel of independent United Nations experts to examine what he called the federal government’s “abusive immigration crackdowns” in the nation’s third-largest city.
Republicans swat down Democratic offer to end shutdown as impasse continues into 38th day

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and KEVIN FREKING
Nov 07, 2025 7:01 pm - Senate Majority Leader John Thune quickly swatted down a Democratic offer to reopen the government and extend expiring health care subsidies for a year, calling it a “nonstarter” as the partisan impasse over the shutdown continued into its 38th day.
US travelers scramble to adjust as airlines cut 1,000 flights because of shutdown

By JOSH FUNK and RIO YAMAT
Nov 07, 2025 4:24 pm - Anxious travelers across the U.S. felt a bit of relief Friday as airlines mostly stayed on schedule while cutting more than 1,000 flights because of the government shutdown.
IRS Direct File won’t be available next year. Here’s what that means for taxpayers

By FATIMA HUSSEIN
Nov 07, 2025 3:50 pm - IRS Direct File, the electronic system for filing tax returns for free, will not be offered next year, the Trump administration has confirmed.
Supreme Court weighs long shot appeal to overturn decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide

By MARK SHERMAN
Nov 07, 2025 3:25 pm - A call to overturn the landmark Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide is on the agenda Friday for the justices' closed-door conference.Among the new cases the justices are expected to consider is a longshot appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples following the court’s 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges.
From groceries to gas, Americans say they’re spending more under Trump

By Abha Bhattarai and Andrew Ba Tran
Nov 07, 2025 1:00 pm - A majority of Americans say they are spending more on groceries and utilities than they were a year ago, and they blame President Donald Trump for the rising prices, a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll finds.
Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments

By DAVID A. LIEB, MICHAEL CASEY and SCOTT BAUER
Nov 07, 2025 9:37 am - President Donald Trump’s administration asked a federal appeals court Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly SNAP benefits amid a U.S. government shutdown, even as at least some states said they were moving quickly to get the money to people.
Texts appear to show Border Patrol agent bragging about shooting a woman in Chicago

Nov 06, 2025 6:41 pm - CHICAGO — Text messages sent by a Border Patrol agent appear to show he bragged to colleagues about his shooting skills after wounding a woman charged with assaulting a f...
Senate rejects bipartisan bid to prevent Trump from attacking Venezuela

By Noah Robertson
Nov 06, 2025 6:35 pm - Republican senators on Thursday voted down a bipartisan measure that sought to block President Donald Trump from attacking Venezuelan territory, the GOP’s latest show of deference to his expansive use of military force in Latin America.The resolution failed 51-49, with only two Republicans — Sen. Rand Paul (Kentucky) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) — supporting it.
Trump administration speeds up new rules that would make it easier to charge some protesters

By REBECCA SANTANA
Nov 06, 2025 6:29 pm - The Trump administration is speeding up the implementation of new rules that would give the agency tasked with protecting federal government facilities greater authority to charge people for a broader array of offenses on or off those properties.

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