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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.
Trump’s proposed $1.5 trillion defense budget sends military contractor shares higher

Jan 08, 2026 3:55 pm - President Donald Trump caused some commotion for investors in U.S. defense contractors this week. First, Trump criticized the companies for taking too long to produce military equipment and also failing to maintain it while at the same time paying out billions in dividends and stock buybacks to investors. But then the president proposed a $1.5 trillion defense budget for 2027, a big jump from the $901 billion provisioned for 2026.
Grocer arriving in June on former Palatine Whole Foods site

By Steve Zalusky
Jan 08, 2026 3:48 pm - Shoppers eager to browse the shelves at the new grocery store at the former Whole Foods location in Palatine can expect to see the doors open by the end of June.
GOP race for governor tightens up after Severino removed from ballot

By Marni Pyke
Jan 08, 2026 2:43 pm - Illinois State Board of Elections staff said the nomination petitions were short by 252 signatures of the 5,000 minimum required.
Maine West High principal named to districtwide position

By Russell Lissau
Jan 08, 2026 1:38 pm - Maine West High School Principal Eileen McMahon will take on a new, districtwide role ahead of the 2026-27 school year.

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