Illinois Governor JB Pritzker sharply rebuked President Donald Trump’s statements on Friday after the president suggested that Chicago would be the next U.S. city to face a federal National Guard deployment due to crime and public safety concerns. Speaking from the White House, President Trump alleged that Chicago was a […]
Former President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he wants Republicans to gain 100 additional congressional seats. In his post, Trump claimed that combining aggressive redistricting efforts by Republican-led states with a nationwide halt to mail-in voting could secure this dramatic increase in seats for his party. Trump wrote, […]
President Donald Trump on Friday showed reporters a photograph that he said Russian President Vladimir Putin had personally sent him following their Alaska summit, suggesting the Russian leader wants to attend the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States “very badly.” During a press conference in the Oval Office […]
Over 750 federal health workers have sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., accusing him of contributing to the climate that led to the deadly August 8 attack on CDC headquarters in Atlanta. The violent incident occurred when 30-year-old Patrick Joseph White of Kennesaw, Georgia, unleashed a barrage […]
The waters of the Middle Fork River are about to get a little more… cardboard. On August 30, the Forest Preserve’s Middle Fork Campground Swim Beach will host the 2nd Annual Cardboard Boat Regatta from 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. The regatta challenges teams of one to two people to design, build, and race boats using nothing […]
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) has confirmed famine conditions in Gaza City and surrounding areas. This is the first time famine has been declared in the Middle East. The IPC declares famine when three critical thresholds are met simultaneously: The latest analysis confirms that all three criteria have […]
The U.S. Supreme Court has delivered a divided ruling allowing the Trump administration to proceed with cutting hundreds of millions of dollars in National Institutes of Health research grants while blocking some aspects of the government’s anti-diversity policies. In a 5-4 split decision, the Court partially granted the government’s emergency […]
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Tuesday that the entire southern border wall will be painted black at President Donald Trump’s direct request. Speaking at a press briefing near a section of the border barrier in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, Noem explained the strategic reasoning behind the paint job: “Now […]
On August 19, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social expressing his dissatisfaction with the Smithsonian museums and their coverage of American history, particularly their treatment of slavery. In his post, Trump wrote: “The Museums throughout Washington, but all over the Country are, essentially, the last remaining segment of ‘WOKE’. […]
Texas State Representative Nicole Collier spent Monday night locked inside the Texas Capitol building after refusing to comply with Republican demands for round-the-clock police surveillance. Collier, a Democratic representative from Fort Worth serving District 95, chose to remain confined within the House chamber rather than sign what Democrats called “permission […]
