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Thousands of mail-in ballots could be discounted under new post office policy

By Anna Liss-Roy
Jan 03, 2026 3:23 pm - A recent change to how the U.S. Postal Service says it postmarks letters could discount the ballots of thousands of last-minute voters.Many Americans have long assumed that tax returns, ballots and other mailed documents sent on deadline would be marked as sent the day they are dropped in a mailbox.
‘What comes next?’ Democrats warn U.S. could be walking into a quagmire after Maduro capture

By Marni Pyke
Jan 03, 2026 1:59 pm - Lawmakers lambast Maduro as a thug, dictator, and narco-terrorist but blast Trump for flouting Congress.
Longtime Schaumburg Township deputy assessor succeeds Lawson

By Eric Peterson
Jan 02, 2026 4:05 pm - For the first time in more than two decades, there’s a new Schaumburg Township assessor as 2026 begins. Victor Morales, who’s been chief deputy assessor since May 2018, succeeded 21-year incumbent John Lawson on New Year’s Day.
Capitol riot ‘does not happen’ without Trump, Jack Smith told Congress

By ERIC TUCKER
Dec 31, 2025 6:46 pm - The Jan. 6., 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol “does not happen” without Donald Trump, former special counsel Jack Smith told lawmakers earlier this month in characterizing the Republican president as the “most culpable and most responsible person” in the criminal conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Trump says he’s dropping push for National Guard in Chicago, LA and Portland, Oregon, for now

By MICHELLE L. PRICE
Dec 31, 2025 4:30 pm - President Donald Trump said he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, a move that comes after legal roadblocks hung up the effort.
Bankruptcies soar as companies grapple with inflation, tariffs

By Aaron Gregg and Jaclyn Peiser
Dec 27, 2025 4:37 pm - Corporate bankruptcies surged in 2025, rivaling levels not seen since the immediate aftermath of the Great Recession, as import-dependent businesses absorbed the highest tariffs in decades.
WGN-TV political analyst Paul Lisnek to open Civic Awareness series at Schaumburg Library

By Eric Peterson
Dec 27, 2025 3:01 pm - WGN-TV political analyst Paul Lisnek will kick off the second annual Civic Awareness Series at the Schaumburg Township District Library on Tuesday, Jan. 27.
Candidate forum for 8th Congressional District Democratic primary set for Jan. 15

Daily Herald report
Dec 26, 2025 11:42 am - A live forum for the eight candidates in the Democratic primary for Illinois’ 8th Congressional District seat currently held by Raja Krishnamoorthi of Schaumburg has been scheduled for Jan. 15 in Schaumburg.
States sue HHS over move to dramatically limit gender transition care

By Trisha Thadani
Dec 24, 2025 7:34 pm - A consortium of 19 states including Illinois, and Washington, D.C., filed a complaint this week against Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Department of Health and Human Services and its inspector general over plans that could dramatically limit medical professionals from providing gender transition care to children and teenagers.
With more than a million pages to go, Justice struggles with Epstein files

By Perry Stein
Dec 24, 2025 7:23 pm - On Dec. 22 — three days past the congressionally mandated deadline for the Justice Department to release the entire trove of Epstein files — a top prosecutor in Florida sent an emergency request to employees in the Miami U.S. attorneys office.

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