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Super PACs funding negative ads in Senate primary

By Marni Pyke
Mar 12, 2026 6:42 pm - What is the Fairshake super PAC flooding TV screens? Plus, suburbanites weigh in on the Chicago Bears staying in Illinois.
Oil jumps to $100 per barrel and stocks sink worldwide with no clear end in sight for the Iran war

By STAN CHOE
Mar 12, 2026 4:18 pm - With no clear end in sight, the war with Iran sent oil prices back to $100 per barrel on Thursday, and stocks sank worldwide. The S&P 500 fell 1.5% and resumed its sharp swings following a couple days of relative calm. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 739 points, or 1.6%, and the Nasdaq composite lost 1.8%.
Group accuses Cook state’s attorney of turning ‘blind eye’ to ICE crimes, seeks special prosecutor

By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas
Mar 12, 2026 1:15 pm - Arguing that Cook County’s top prosecutor is “turning a blind eye” to illegal acts by federal immigration agents, a coalition of elected officials, attorneys and religious leaders is asking a judge to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the claims.
Senate passes bipartisan housing bill to improve access and affordability

By CHARLOTTE KRAMON, ALEX VEIGA and MARY CLARE JALONICK
Mar 12, 2026 1:03 pm - The Senate passed a broad bill on Thursday to make U.S. housing more accessible and affordable, a rare bipartisan effort in Congress to address a growing national problem.
How the Iran war and surging oil prices are affecting consumers at the gas pump and beyond

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ, MAE ANDERSON and CHRIS RUGABER
Mar 12, 2026 7:18 am - As the war in Iran ratchets up, the price of crude oil has been swinging sharply. Consumers are already feeling the effects of the war and its destabilizing effect on worldwide energy production.
Zelenskyy says Ukraine awaits White House sign-off on US drone production deal

By HANNA ARHIROVA
Mar 12, 2026 7:13 am - Ukraine is awaiting White House approval for a major drone production agreement proposed by Kyiv last year, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday, as countries scramble to modernize their air defenses after the Iran war exposed shortcomings.
Iran’s supreme leader resolves to keep fighting in his first public remarks

By JON GAMBRELL, DAVID RISING and NATALIE MELZER
Mar 12, 2026 7:03 am - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli attacks have killed top Iranian nuclear scientists.
Outdated intel likely led US to carry out deadly strike on Iranian elementary school, AP sources say

By JULIA FRANKEL, MICHAEL BIESECKER and ERIC TUCKER
Mar 11, 2026 7:44 pm - Outdated intelligence likely led to the United States carrying out a deadly missile strike on an elementary school in Iran that killed over 165 people, many of them children, in the opening hours of the conflict, according to a U.S. official and a second person briefed on findings of a preliminary U.S military investigation into the incident.
O'Hare and Midway so far avoiding TSA delays plaguing airports elsewhere

By Marni Pyke
Mar 11, 2026 6:59 pm - Chicago Department of Aviation officials are advising spring break travelers to arrive early at airports amid TSA meltdowns elsewhere.
Democrats ask what happened to millions earmarked for Trump’s library

By Dan Diamond and Aaron Schaffer
Mar 11, 2026 4:29 pm - Congressional Democrats are opening a probe into millions of dollars private companies pledged to President Donald Trump’s planned presidential library, asking what happened to the money after the original fund was dissolved last year.

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