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Bailey proposes ‘Illinois DOGE’ as Republican governor’s race focuses on spending

By Ben Szalinski
Jan 08, 2026 6:44 pm - President Donald Trump’s and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency disbanded less than a year into Trump’s second term and appeared to have caused more chaos than actual savings to the federal government.
7 Brew proposed for Wheaton near movie theater

By Katlyn Smith
Jan 08, 2026 6:07 pm - A 7 Brew wants to open in Wheaton more than a year after a drive-through stand set up shop in neighboring Naperville and went on to generate much buzz.
Good news about bad news: On-duty police deaths hit 80-year low

By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas
Jan 08, 2026 5:52 pm - Five years after reaching an all-time high, the number of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty hit an 80-year low in 2025, according to a new report.
‘I will not back down’: DuPage clerk’s dispute with county board heads to appeals court

By Alicia Fabbre
Jan 08, 2026 5:04 pm - The DuPage County clerk’s office is taking its ongoing legal battle with the county board to the appellate court.
House GOP’s first 2026 priority: Trump’s changes to showerheads

By Dan Diamond and JM Rieger
Jan 08, 2026 4:59 pm - House Republicans on Thursday are hoping to deliver a win for President Donald Trump’s agenda — or at least his hair — by voting to codify his long-desired showerhead changes into law, their first legislative priority of the new session.
House passes bill extending health care subsidies, bucking GOP leaders

By Marianna Sotomayor, Theodoric Meyer and Paige Winfield Cunningham
Jan 08, 2026 4:47 pm - More than a dozen House Republicans joined every Democrat on Thursday to pass a bill to extend enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies for three years — the sharpest rejection by GOP members of the party’s leadership yet.
Senate pushes back on Trump’s military threats against Venezuela with war powers vote

By STEPHEN GROVES and JOEY CAPPELLETTI
Jan 08, 2026 4:37 pm - WASHINGTON — The Senate advanced a resolution Thursday that would limit President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela, sounding a note of ...
Venezuela says it’s releasing a ‘significant number’ of prisoners as gesture to ‘seek peace’

By MATIAS DELACROIX
Jan 08, 2026 4:30 pm - Venezuela is releasing a “significant number” of citizens and foreigners from its prisons in a decision that the head of the country’s legislature described Thursday as a gesture to “seek peace” less than a week after former President Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces to face federal drug-trafficking charges in New York.
Elgin police chief says changes needed to TRUST Act

By Rick West
Jan 08, 2026 4:18 pm - Elgin Police Chief Ana Lalley told community members at an immigration enforcement forum Wednesday that changes are needed to the Illinois TRUST Act to clear up ambiguities in the legislation.
Trump seeks deal with antagonist Gustavo Petro as relations thaw

By Oscar Medina
Jan 08, 2026 3:59 pm - Donald Trump is seeking common ground with one of his main ideological foes in the Americas, Colombian leader Gustavo Petro, days after calling him a “sick” cocaine trafficker, and threatening military strikes on his country.

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