This week, President Donald Trump made a series of unprecedented statements about dictatorship: alternating between denying he is one while simultaneously suggesting Americans might prefer authoritarian rule. Trump’s most striking comments came Monday during an Oval Office event where he signed executive orders related to federal takeover of the D.C. […]
by Ben Szalinski, Capitol News Illinois August 26, 2025 Article Summary President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday to block federal funding to states that eliminated cash bail. Illinois eliminated cash bail as of 2023 under the Pretrial Fairness Act. Trump claimed Illinois is less safe since cash […]
Nearly 200 current and former Federal Emergency Management Agency employees have issued a warning to Congress: leadership decisions under the Trump administration are undermining the agency’s disaster response capabilities and could lead to catastrophic failures similar to Hurricane Katrina. The letter, titled the “Katrina Declaration and Petition to Congress,” was released Monday […]
by Peter Hancock, Capitol News Illinois August 25, 2025 Article Summary The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking access to Illinois’ complete, unredacted statewide voter registration database, including voters’ personal information such as dates of birth, driver’s license numbers and partial Social Security numbers. The Illinois State Board of Elections […]
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has issued a subpoena to the Jeffrey Epstein estate. Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) signed the subpoena on August 25, targeting the estate’s co-executors, Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn. The subpoena demands 16 categories of documents spanning from 1990 through August 2019, including […]
The Congressional Budget Office projected that President Trump’s escalating tariff policies could reduce the federal deficit by $4 trillion over the next decade. While this substantial deficit reduction may appear as a fiscal victory, American consumers and businesses, not other countries, are footing the bill for this government revenue through […]
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis issued a temporary restraining order Monday afternoon prohibiting the Trump administration from deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda. Judge Xinis, during a brief hearing on Monday, announced her intention to extend an existing hold on Abrego Garcia’s deportation while she evaluates a new legal challenge […]
by Ben Szalinski, Capitol News Illinois August 25, 2025 Article Summary JB Pritzker and the state’s top Democrats condemned President Donald Trump’s threat to deploy the military in Chicago to fight crime. The state’s leaders said Trump’s plan has similarities to authoritarian regimes. Deploying troops to Chicago raises legal questions […]
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker met with southern Illinois healthcare leaders on this week to address the impact of federal budget cuts on rural hospitals. He warned that nine facilities across the state face closure risks that could eliminate over 500 hospital beds and 2,500 jobs. The roundtable discussion, held at […]
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed two groundbreaking bills aimed at fortifying reproductive health care across the state. Governor Pritzker signed an expanded state shield law (HB3637), which enhances legal protections for health care providers engaged in offering reproductive health services that are lawful in Illinois. This legislation extends the […]
