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US House GOP delays seating Rep.-elect Grijalva, potential deciding vote on Epstein petition WASHINGTON — U.S. House Democrats failed again Wednesday to force Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva.

US House GOP delays seating Rep.-elect Grijalva, potential deciding vote on Epstein petition. Story by Shauneen Miranda www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-h...

Air traffic control staffing steady, but stress during shutdown worries DOT The Federal Aviation Administration reported no travel delays due to staffing levels at U.S. air traffic control facilities Wednesday, following a day of some delays related to above-average absences ...

Air traffic control staffing steady, but stress during shutdown worries DOT. Story by @fischler.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/air-...

Shutdown day eight: Congress standoff unchanged as first missed federal payday nears WASHINGTON — Congress has just one week to break the stalemate and fund the government before active duty military members miss their first paycheck of the shutdown. That would be followed later in th...

Shutdown day eight: Congress standoff unchanged as first missed federal payday nears. Story by @jennifershutt.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/shut...

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings found that ICE arrested 22 people early this year without a warrant, and in violation of what's known as the Castanon Nava settlement agreement.

Former FBI Director Comey pleads not guilty to criminal charges demanded by Trump ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty to two felony charges Wednesday in federal court in Virginia, in response to an indictment that followed an extraordinary pressure ...

Former FBI Director Comey pleads not guilty to criminal charges demanded by Trump. Story by @ashleymurray.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/form...

Speaker Johnson appears to say furloughed federal workers should get back pay under 2019 law

"It has always been the case. It is tradition and I think it is statutory law that federal employees be paid. And that’s my position."

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

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Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

A federal judge in Chicago says ICE violated a consent decree with warrantless arrests. blockclubchi.co/4nGUOQ8

A combative AG Pam Bondi confronts US Senate Judiciary over Trump crackdown WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi aimed heated rhetoric at Democratic senators on Capitol Hill Tuesday as she faced questions over the administration’s surge of federal agents to blue citie...

A combative AG Pam Bondi confronts US Senate Judiciary over Trump crackdown. Story by @ashleymurray.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/comb...

Supreme Court justices skeptical of free speech limits in Colorado conversion therapy case Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court appeared skeptical of a Colorado law banning conversion therapy for minors, which a counselor in the state says violates her First Amendment right to free speech.

NEW from @coloradonewsline.com: Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court appeared skeptical of a Colorado law banning conversion therapy for minors, which a counselor in the state says violates her First Amendment right to free speech.

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Block Club Chicago and other news organizations are suing the federal government over First Amendment violations.

Four of our journalists have been shot with pepper-spray bullets and tear-gassed by federal agents. blockclubchi.co/4mRA6vG

Trump deployment of troops to Democratic states targets Illinois A federal judge will hear arguments Thursday in Illinois over Chicago’s lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to the state before deciding whether to block t...

Trump deployment of troops to Democratic states targets Illinois. Story by @fischler.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...

Trump floats plan to deny back pay to furloughed federal workers after shutdown WASHINGTON — The Trump administration may try to interpret a law enacted during his first term in office differently than it did following the last government shutdown, potentially denying back pay to...

Trump floats plan to deny back pay to furloughed federal workers after shutdown. Story by @jennifershutt.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...

Trump’s Immigration Push Diverts U.S. Agents From Drug, Money and Sex-Crime Cases Federal investigators are resigning, and morale is low, as they juggle complex cases and detain migrants.

“A federal team in El Paso that once pursued child traffickers has been disbanded.

“A task force in Kansas focused on stemming fentanyl has been redirected.

“Highway checkpoints near the border—on roads identified as major drug-trafficking routes—have gone unstaffed”

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ICE fears put pregnant immigrants and their babies at risk Fear of deportation is deterring people without permanent legal status from critical care. Doctors are worried for their health — and the health of their pregnancies.

Fear of deportation is deterring people without permanent legal status from critical care. Doctors are worried for their health — and the health of their pregnancies.

Speaker Johnson says he hasn't spoken to the White House about the memo that interprets a 2019 law as not actually providing back pay to furloughed federal workers.

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

Government shutdown enters day six with talks over health care at an impasse WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump sent mixed messages Monday about whether he would negotiate a deal with Democrats to extend the enhanced tax credits for people who get their health insurance from ...

Government shutdown enters day six with talks over health care at an impasse. Story by @jennifershutt.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/gove...

Trump administration defends nationwide rapid deportations at appeals hearing WASHINGTON — Judges on a federal appeals court panel seemed skeptical that the Trump administration's expanded use of a fast-track deportation procedure didn’t violate the due-process rights of immigr...

Trump administration defends nationwide rapid deportations at appeals hearing www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...

Trump deployment of troops to Oregon intensifies confrontation with Democratic-led states WASHINGTON — The White House slammed a President Donald Trump-appointed federal judge Monday for blocking the deployment of National Guard troops to Oregon, as hostilities escalate between the adminis...

Trump deployment of troops to Oregon intensifies confrontation with Democratic-led states. Story by @ashleymurray.bsky.social & @fischler.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...

BREAKING: U.S. District Court Judge April Perry declines to immediately issue a temporary restraining order to block the National Guard deployment, but schedules a hearing for Thursday, Gov. Pritzker announces. @wttw.bsky.social

Trump administration wants to remove wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Eswatini GREENBELT, Md. — A federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to produce evidence within 48 hours on its efforts to again deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, this time to the southern African c...

A federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to produce evidence within 48 hours on its efforts to again deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, this time to the southern African country of Eswatini.
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Local Chicago journalists to follow ahead of 2 pm CT hearing over national guard deployment.

(Currently, there's no remote court access for those of us who are based elsewhere.)

Attorney: Woman shot ‘multiple times’ by immigration agent should be released immediately A woman shot by an immigration agent Saturday after she allegedly rammed his vehicle on Chicago’s Southwest Side over the weekend has not received proper medical attention and should be relea…

A woman shot by an immigration agent Saturday after she allegedly rammed his vehicle on Chicago’s Southwest Side over the weekend has not received proper medical attention and should be released immediately, her lawyer said in court Monday.

After military-style raid on South Shore apartment, Congress members rally around residents Federal agents landed a helicopter on a building at 7500 S. South Shore Dr. on Wednesday morning, arresting 37 people and leaving behind cracked windows, broken doors and a lot of pain. Lawmakers call for a halt to all federal immigration enforcement in Chicago.

Federal agents landed a helicopter on a South Shore building last week, arresting 37 people and leaving behind cracked windows, broken doors and a lot of pain. Lawmakers call for a halt to all federal immigration enforcement in Chicago.
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JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:

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A woman was shot by federal agents Saturday, the second person to be shot by agents during President Trump’s expanded immigration enforcement campaign in Chicago. blockclubchi.co/4nBVDtt

Deportation protections for 300,000 Venezuelans denied again by US Supreme Court WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court Friday again allowed the Trump administration to strip temporary protections for more than 300,000 Venezuelans, opening them up for quick deportations as the presid...

Deportation protections for 300,000 Venezuelans denied again by US Supreme Court www.newsfromthestates.com/article/depo...