White House halts $2.1bn of Chicago transport funding; Senate to hold vote as shutdown enters third day – US politics live

Trump aide Russ Vought said hold would affect work to extend and modernize city’s transit lines amid little hope Senate can agree a way out of shutdown

How Chicago is resisting Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown

In the aftermath of the killing of Charlie Kirk, the Guardian’s Oliver Laughland and Tom Silverstone head to Chicago, where Donald Trump’s Ice deployment, codename Operation Midway Blitz, has been met by a defiant wave of sustained protests. With political violence on the rise, they speak to a new generation of political candidates and organisers, including Kat Abughazaleh, to find out if worse is still to come. You can watch the episode of Anywhere but Washington here:

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