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Lemont residents allege Citgo facility is harming air quality Lemont residents rally against alleged air quality issues from a Citgo facility based on Environmental Protection Agency reports.

The complaints are a part of an decades-long dispute between the Environmental Protection Agency and Citgo facility near Lemont over alleged violations to the Clean Air Act, including a $2 million civil penalty in 2016, and a more than $700,000 fine for alleged Clean Air Act violations in 2013.

‘Doesn’t look good’: ICE agent charged with drunken driving after shift at Broadview detention center An Immigration and Enforcement agent has been charged with drunken driving after his car crashed after a shift at the Broadview detention center.

‘Doesn’t look good’: ICE agent charged with drunken driving after shift at Broadview detention center

Sen. Graciela Guzmán and Gabe Gonzalez: There is something deeper at work in Chicago than residents blowing whistles In Chicago a trifecta has emerged to fight ICE: grassroots mobilization, judicial accountability and united local governments.

Commentary: While the daily imagery of neighbors standing up to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents is a powerful contagion for courage, there is something far deeper at work than just residents blowing whistles and recording arrests.

‘Hot Potato’ and other trick plays turn into a smash hit in Chicago Bears victory Coach Ben Johnson drew up some exotic plays against the Cincinnati Bengals, just part of the Chicago Bears’ new normal.

Ben Johnson pulled out a bag of tricks to propel the Chicago Bears to a 47-42 win against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday at Paycor Stadium.

To measure what is happening in the United States, the Times editorial board has compiled a list of 12 markers of democratic erosion, with help from scholars who have studied this phenomenon. The sobering reality is that the United States has regressed, to different degrees, on all 12.

Prosecutors Who Called Jan. 6 Attackers a ‘Mob of Rioters’ Are Punished

Prosecutors who have worked on Jan. 6-related cases have been targeted for months as part of Mr. Trump’s broader effort to root out people in the Justice Department he believes to be disloyal.

Editorial: Kristi Noem needs to halt the ICE terrorizing of Chicago neighborhoods ICE and Border Patrol agents wreaking havoc in Chicago neighborhoods can’t go on.

"There has to be a moratorium on these kinds of un-American tactics and there has to be one now. This is not outrage over a ballroom project or a tasteless meme; this is outrage over kids seeing things that are impossible to forget."

Opinion | Being Latino in the United States Should Not Be a Crime Trump’s immigration tactics violate both the law and human decency.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“The Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration has become a campaign of discrimination against Latinos,” writes the Times editorial board. “American citizens are living in fear of a government that is sworn to protect their liberties and keep them safe.”

Federal immigration agents deploy tear gas in Chicago’s Irving Park and Avondale neighborhoods Federal immigration agents again deployed tear gas on Chicago streets Saturday morning, despite mounting scrutiny from a federal judge over their use of the chemical weapons.

"One of the cashiers cried because they know him, like they’ve been working with him for a long time,” Guallpa said. “I feel angry. Because he’s very committed to his work. He comes every day on time.”

Amid the Rubble of the East Wing, Lessons in How Trump Exercises Power From the first day of his second term, President Trump has taken an ends-justify-the-means approach to his presidency.

News Analysis: President Trump has taken an ends-justify-the-means attitude toward his second term. Winning the election, he has argued, is a license to kill — or to bulldoze. That approach has become more brazen in recent weeks.

Gov. JB Pritzker establishing an ‘accountability commission’ on Trump administration’s immigration raids Gov. JB Pritzker is seeking to stockpile videos, testimonials and allegations of misconduct tied to Trump administration immigration raids to track and scrutinize actions with the goal of holding f…

In a move that could bolster both his public messaging and the state’s legal efforts to fight the Trump administration, Gov. JB Pritzker is seeking to channel videos, testimonials and any allegations of misconduct into a centralized record overseen by a new “accountability commission.”

Senators Move to Force Vote to Bar Ground Strikes in Venezuela The bid comes after the Senate rejected a similar measure to curb President Trump’s attacks against alleged drug runners in the Caribbean Sea.

A bipartisan group in the Senate is planning to force a vote on legislation barring the U.S. from engaging in hostilities inside Venezuela without explicit authorization by Congress.

‘They didn’t focus on anybody who didn’t look Mexican’: Feds target ride-share driver parking lot in immigration raid at O’Hare Last Friday, Border Patrol officers arrested 18 people at O’Hare, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed.

Federal agents asked drivers to provide their documents, said Stacy McCloud, who works at a food truck in the ride-share lot. “They didn’t focus on anybody who didn’t look Mexican,” she said. “Anybody who was Mexican, it looked like they went straight for.”

From ‘Velvet Hammer’ to federal slammer, ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan must report to federal prison Monday Former House Speaker Michael Madigan must report to federal prison Monday to begin serving his 7 1/2-year sentence on corruption charges, an ignominious end for a man who for decades was considered…

Former House Speaker Michael Madigan must report to federal prison Monday to begin serving his 7 1/2-year sentence on corruption charges, an ignominious end for a man who for decades was considered the most powerful politicians in the state.

This government is a well-oiled machine that’s definitely not suffering from internal power struggles hastily papered over as technical mistakes

Appeals court denies Trump administration request to halt judge’s ruling on National Guard pending appeal A federal appeals court in Chicago on Saturday denied the Trump administration’s request for an emergency stay of a district judge’s order barring the president from deploying National …

LATEST: A federal appeals court in Chicago on Saturday denied the Trump administration’s request for an emergency stay of a district judge’s order barring the president from deploying National Guard troops in the city and state.

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to Chicago Arguments in federal court over an emergency restraining order that would bar a National Guard deployment began Thursday with lawyers sparring over what constitutes a “rebellion” that such troops m…

BREAKING: A federal judge in Chicago has blocked the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to the city as part of its ongoing immigration-enforcement push.

Federal judge in Chicago finds ICE repeatedly violated consent decree over ‘warrantless arrests’ A Chicago federal judge has extended a nationwide consent decree requiring ICE to better document and report probable cause for immigration arrests and found the agency repeatedly violated the 2022…

A Chicago federal judge has extended a nationwide consent decree requiring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to better document and report probable cause for immigration arrests.

The ruin of Gaza: how Israel’s two-year assault has devastated the territory IDF’s bombs and ground offensive have killed tens of thousands of people and reduced entire cities to rubble The devastating war in Gaza has entered its third year, standing as Israel’s longest war since the 1948 conflict that led to the country’s creation. The majority of those killed by Israel’s offensive in the strip have been civilians, and the overall total now exceeds 67,000. Entire families have been wiped out in a single airstrike. Sometimes, only a single individual, frequently a child, is left alive. There are also nearly 170,000 injured. In all, casualties amount to roughly 10% of Gaza’s pre-war population of 2.3 million. Continue reading...

The ruin of Gaza: how Israel’s two-year assault has devastated the territory

In Chicago, immigrants who thought they were following the legal path are also facing deportation under Trump crackdown If immigrants entered the country illegally or are without granted status, attorneys say they have no protections under a second Trump administration.

. “Honestly, it’s really more of: (Federal agents) are going out and they’re just trying to round people up, we think, for the numbers."

President Trump calling up 300 Illinois National Guard ‘immediately’ to protect ICE, buildings for 60 days In a memo obtained by the Tribune, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Illinois National Guard leadership up to 300 members will be called into service “effective immediately.”

President Donald Trump’s administration plans to deploy Illinois National Guard troops to the Chicago region for at least 60 days, according to a memo sent by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to Illinois National Guard leadership and obtained by the Tribune.

In 1894 Pullman strike, Illinois’ governor fought president’s decision to send in troops During the Pullman Strike of 1894, the governor of Illinois decried President Grover Cleveland’s move to call in the federal troops.

“I would like to know by what authority United States troops come in here and shoot our citizens without the slightest warning,” the mayor of Hammond, Indiana, said in 1894. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/22/i...

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.