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OMB director Russ Vought presented the pause as a move against diversity efforts in latest jab to Democratic-led cityThe US government has put $2.1bn in funding for infrastructure projects in Chicago on hold, Russ Vought, the office of management and b…
Illinois governor JB Pritzker and others condemn the US president for suggesting cities be used as military training groundsA leading Democrat has compared Donald Trump to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin after the US president told military leaders on …
Pope questions what it means to be ‘pro-life’ amid the ‘inhuman treatment of immigrants’ in the US Pope Leo on Tuesday strongly criticized Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policies, questioning whether they were in line with the Catholic church’s “p…
Dick Durbin renews push to talk to Trump officials as operations and protests escalate at Broadview facilityAfter days of clashes between federal officers and protesters at an immigration jail in his home state of Illinois, Democratic US senator Dick D…
Footage contrasts from Trump officials’ account that officer was ‘seriously injured’ by immigrant who was fatally shotPolice body camera footage released on Tuesday shows a federal immigration agent who fatally shot a Mexican immigrant describing his o…
Group participates in previously unthinkable mile-long swim after US made key progress to clean polluted riversHundreds of people plunged into the Chicago River’s chilly waters on Sunday as part of the first organized swim in the river for nearly 100 y…
At least two protesters arrested as Democratic congressional candidate condemns ‘violent abuse of power’New York lawmakers arrested for blocking Ice access to federal buildingFederal law enforcement agents used teargas and pepper balls to disperse a gr…
Move is latest push by administration to expand military-led response to urban crime in Democratic-run citiesDonald Trump on Monday signed an executive order that would send national guard troops into Memphis, in a “replica” of the administration’s ex…
Edgar, who died of cancer treatment complications, was lauded for guiding US state into financial stability in 1990sFormer Illinois governor Jim Edgar, a popular two-term Republican credited with guiding the state into a period of greater financial sta…
Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez shot and killed and officer injured in incident in Franklin Park, IllinoisA man was fatally shot during a vehicle stop on the outskirts of Chicago by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officers after attempting to f…