Articles filed under Politics
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Trump threatens to deploy ICE to airports as TSA shortages drive delaysMar 21, 2026 6:46 pm - President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to send U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to airports unless congressional Democrats agree to a GOP-backed funding deal, escalating a standoff that has already slowed security lines at airports nationwide.
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Underground Railroad museum says Trump administration cut funds over raceMar 21, 2026 3:24 pm - An Underground Railroad museum in Albany, N.Y., is suing the Trump administration over a federal grant that it says was canceled on the basis of race, arguing that the president’s broad anti-diversity crusade violates constitutional protections against discrimination.
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Chicago Transit Authority lawsuit targets federal construction funding halted last fallMar 21, 2026 1:28 pm - The Chicago Transit Authority on Friday filed a federal lawsuit seeking restoration of $2 billion in commuter rail expansion funding that President Donald Trump's administration stopped last fall.
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Margaret Croke wins Democratic primary for Illinois comptrollerMar 19, 2026 9:35 pm - Chicago state Rep. Margaret Croke was declared the winner in the Democratic primary for Illinois comptroller, according to the Associated Press.
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Pentagon seeks more than $200 billion in budget request for Iran warMar 18, 2026 8:43 pm - The Pentagon has asked the White House to approve a more than $200 billion request to Congress to fund the war in Iran, according to a senior administration official, in an enormous new ask that is almost certain to run into resistance from lawmakers opposed to the conflict.
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Ex-counterterrorism official says he wasn’t allowed to share concerns about Iran war with TrumpMar 18, 2026 8:18 pm - Joe Kent, the former counterterrorism director who resigned this week over concerns about the Iran war, said Wednesday that he and other senior officials with doubts about the airstrikes “were not allowed” to share them with President Donald Trump.
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Naperville Park District voters say ‘yes’ to rec center with poolsMar 18, 2026 5:19 pm - For the Naperville Park District, election night went swimmingly. The district won voter approval to borrow $120 million for the construction of an activity center with indoor pools.
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Republicans are launching a voting bill debate that could last days or even weeksMar 17, 2026 7:33 pm - Republicans launched an unprecedented effort on Tuesday to hold the Senate floor and talk for days about a bill that they know won't pass — an attempt to capture public attention on legislation requiring stricter voter registration rules as President Donald Trump pressures Congress to act before November’s midterm elections.
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Judge reinstates 1,000 Voice of America employees, deems wind-down illegalMar 17, 2026 7:18 pm - Voice of America employees have spent a full year on paid administrative leave while President Donald Trump’s administration has tried to shrink the international broadcaster to its “statutory minimum.” That extended absence is coming to an end.
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The biggest change to voting in Republican election bill could become a burden for many US votersMar 14, 2026 9:42 pm - Joshua Bogdan was born and raised in the United States. The only time the New Hampshire resident has left the country was for a day and a half in seventh grade, when he went to Canada to see Niagara Falls.Even so, that did not mean proving his U.S. citizenship in last fall's local elections was easy.