Articles filed under Donald Trump
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Trump plans to federalize 300 troops in Illinois, as judge blocks a similar mobilization in OregonOct 05, 2025 4:16 pm - President Donald Trump authorized the deployment of 300 Illinois National Guard troops to protect federal officers and assets in Chicago on Saturday, marking the latest escalation of his use of federal intervention in cities.
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‘Unconstitutional’: Congressmen, Pritzker call out White House freeze on CTA projectsOct 03, 2025 6:53 pm - The Trump administration has frozen funds for a Red Line extension and other major Chicago Transit Authority projects. The move impacts a major Red Line extension on Chicago’s South Side and modernization of the Purple/Red lines on the North Side.
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Trump pauses $2.1 billion for Chicago infrastructure projects, leveraging shutdown to pressure DemocratsOct 03, 2025 9:05 am - President Donald Trump's administration will withhold $2.1 billion for Chicago infrastructure projects, the White House budget director said Friday, expanding funding fights that have targeted Democratic areas during the government shutdown.
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Government shutdown begins as nation faces new period of uncertaintyOct 01, 2025 7:27 am - Plunged into a government shutdown, the U.S. is confronting a fresh cycle of uncertainty after President Donald Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to keep government programs and services running by Wednesday’s deadline.
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‘We’re going into Chicago very soon:’ Trump doubles down on military presence threatSep 30, 2025 3:33 pm - President Donald Trump said cities like Chicago should be used as “training grounds for our military” and promised swift action in a speech to high-ranking generals Tuesday. Meanwhile, Gov. JB Pritzker said “there’s something genuinely wrong” with president, and suggested the 25th Amendment.
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Trump tells a roomful of silent generals to join a ‘war from within’Sep 30, 2025 11:33 am - President Donald Trump delivered a meandering address to an unprecedented gathering of the country’s top military leaders, railing against his predecessor, celebrating ta...
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Pritzker calls federal deployment ‘an attack on the Constitution’Sep 29, 2025 7:08 pm - The Department of Homeland Security is seeking to send 100 military troops to Chicago, according to Gov. JB Pritzker, who assailed the move as the Trump administration’s ...
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Government shutdown draws closer as lawmakers locked in impasseSep 29, 2025 11:38 am - A government shutdown fast approaching, Democratic and Republican congressional leaders left a White House meeting with President Donald Trump Monday afternoon showing little willingness to compromise from their entrenched positions in order to avoid a lapse in funding.
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What we know about Trump's peace proposal for GazaSep 29, 2025 11:36 am - Much remains unknown about U.S. President Donald Trump’s 21-point peace plan for Gaza. But one difference stands out from previous ceasefire proposals: For the first time, it tries to outline the key question of how the territory will be ruled after the war.
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Trump, Netanyahu agree to plan to end Gaza war and await word from HamasSep 29, 2025 11:34 am - President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday they’ve agreed to a plan to end the war in Gaza, but it’s unclear whether Hamas will accept the terms.