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Trump administration announces dismantling of parts of Education Dept.
Nov 18, 2025 7:50 pm - The Education Department said Tuesday that it will move several of its offices to other federal departments, a unilateral effort aimed at dismantling an agency created by Congress to ensure equal access to educational opportunity but long derided by conservatives as ineffective.
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Trump tells Congress don’t ‘waste’ time on Obamacare credits
Nov 18, 2025 7:41 pm - President Donald Trump said he will not support legislation to extend expanded Affordable Care Act subsidies even as senators are preparing to tee up a vote on the issue, complicating his party’s efforts to address health care costs.
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Trump attacks ABC News correspondent Mary Bruce in angry response to three sharp questions
Nov 18, 2025 7:21 pm - President Donald Trump denounced ABC News' Mary Bruce as a “terrible reporter” Tuesday and threatened the network's license to broadcast after she asked him three sharp questions at the White House.
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Cook Board president, officials back efforts to unionize at Chicago Botanic GardenNov 18, 2025 6:59 pm - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle led a press conference Tuesday supporting unionizing efforts among employees of Chicago Botanic Garden
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What to know about the F-35 fighter jet that Trump is selling to Saudi Arabia
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Senate President Don Harmon avoids $10M fine after election board deadlocks
Nov 18, 2025 6:46 pm - Senate President Don Harmon will not have to pay a nearly $10 million fine for violating state campaign finance laws last year after the State Board of Elections deadlocked Tuesday on approving the fine.
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‘Like they forgot her’: Sleepy Hollow teen’s death was reclassified a homicide, but family still awaits justiceNov 18, 2025 6:31 pm - Sixteen years after their 19-year-old daughter died in their backyard pool, and three years after her death was classified a homicide, Martha and Larry Schneider of Sleepy Hollow are still seeking answers about how she was killed.
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Arlington Heights says no to immigration agents using public spacesNov 18, 2025 6:10 pm - Arlington Heights village board members voted unanimously Monday to ban immigration enforcement officials from using municipal property, though some trustees questioned the measure’s enforceability.
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‘This is where we wanted to be’: Patina Wine Bar closing Mount Prospect location, shifting its prospects to Park RidgeNov 18, 2025 5:34 pm - Mount Prospect has enjoyed a Renaissance in downtown dining, especially along the Prospect Avenue corridor. But a restaurant that played a major role in that revival, Patina Wine Bar, is leaving the downtown after a year and half, shifting its focus to a sister restaurant on another Prospect Avenue, this time in Park Ridge.
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Duckworth staffer dismissed in light of immigration accusations