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FACT FOCUS: Trump highlights familiar false claims as he reviews his first year back in office
Jan 20, 2026 5:46 pm - President Donald Trump marked his first year back in office by presiding over a meandering, nearly two-hour-long press briefing to recount his accomplishments, repeating ...
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Palatine pausing Street Fest this summerJan 20, 2026 5:12 pm - Palatine officials announced this week the annual Street Fest will not be held this summer, due to upcoming improvements in the downtown. In its place, though, will be two summer food truck events.
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‘One of the good guys’: Former Elmhurst, Oak Brook elected official Gerald Wolin diesJan 20, 2026 5:09 pm - Oak Brook resident Gerald “Jerry” Wolin, who served city panels for both Elmhurst and Oak Brook, died Jan. 17 at 86.
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Wheeling chooses department veteran as town’s next top copJan 20, 2026 4:47 pm - A veteran officer with nearly three decades on the force will be Wheeling’s next police chief, village officials announced Tuesday.
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Judge: Man was targeting woman in Carpentersville apartment fireJan 20, 2026 4:29 pm - The Indiana man accused of setting a Carpentersville apartment building on fire in November acted in jealousy, a judge said at the man’s first Kane County court hearing Tuesday.
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Doctors in Minnesota decry fear and chaos amid Trump administration's immigration crackdown
Jan 20, 2026 4:29 pm - MINNEAPOLIS — There was the pregnant woman who missed her medical checkup, afraid to visit a clinic during the Trump administration’s sweeping Minnesotai mmigration cr...
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Forecasters warn of a ‘potentially catastrophic’ storm from Texas to the Carolinas
Jan 20, 2026 4:20 pm - With many Americans still recovering from multiple blasts of snow and unrelenting freezing temperatures in the nation’s northern tier, a new storm is set to emerge this weekend that could coat roads, trees and power lines with devastating ice across a wide expanse of the South.
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Justice Department subpoenas Walz and others in immigration enforcement obstruction investigation
Jan 20, 2026 4:17 pm - MINNEAPOLIS Federal prosecutors served six grand jury subpoenas Tuesday to Minnesota officials as part of an investigation into whether they obstructed or impeded federal...
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Donald Trump thanks you for your attention to these matters in his second term
Jan 20, 2026 3:59 pm - WASHINGTON — A stunning military intervention in Venezuela. Telling the New York Giants which coach to hire. Threats against Iran, Denmark, Greenland and Colombia. Posing...
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Stocks slide after Trump threatens new tariffs over Greenland
Jan 20, 2026 3:54 pm - Stocks took a beating Tuesday as renewed trade tensions spilled into global markets. The sell-off accelerated as the day progressed, with the S&P 500 index down 1.9% ...