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Thomas DeVore, a former candidate for Illinois attorney general, talks about the SAFE-T Act, Sept. 28, 2022, outside Cook County Jail and Leighton Criminal Court Building. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Ex-GOP attorney general nominee Thomas DeVore’s law license suspended over sexual relationship with client

September 25, 2025 at 2:37 p.m.

Thomas Devore was the Republican candidate for attorney general in 2022 and led legal efforts against COVID-19 restrictions in Illinois.

Protesters, including candidates for the 9th Congressional District, are enveloped in a cloud of gas released by federal agents while they attempt to block a vehicle at the Broadview Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Sept. 19, 2025. Bushra Amiwala, beige sweater, center right, a Skokie school board member, stands next to Kat Abughazaleh, a progressive content creator. Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss, far left with gray hair, wears a black face mask. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Broadview ICE facility becomes backdrop for candidates to signal immigration stance and raise campaign funds

September 25, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Participating in protests offers candidates an opportunity to demonstrate their opposition to federal immigration policies while also appealing to their party’s base and raise campaign cash.

A tattoo depicting the assassination attempt on U.S. President Donald Trump is visible on the arm of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes at Lafayette Square in Washington on June 6, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty)

Oath Keepers’ founder convicted as part of Jan. 6 riot to speak to GOP-tied group, creating conflict in Geneva

September 22, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, convicted as part of the Jan. 6 riot, is scheduled to appear in Geneva to a GOP-tied group. It was moved to a private location...

A protester yells at federal agents as the officers attempt to clear a path for their vehicles to enter and exit the ICE facility in Broadview on Sept. 12, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)

Protests flare at ICE facility in Broadview even as President Donald Trump deploys National Guard to Memphis

September 13, 2025 at 8:40 a.m.

Emotions in the Chicago area remained at a near-fever pitch as protesters – including two candidates for Congress – confronted federal agents outside an immigration processing center in the near-west...

Charlie Kirk before speaking at a Turning Point USA Campus Clash event at the JW Marriott Hotel in Chicago on Oct. 16, 2018. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Friends recall Charlie Kirk, who started Turning Point USA in Chicago suburbs, as man who ‘inspired millions’

September 11, 2025 at 7:47 p.m.

While the FBI continued its search for Charlie Kirk's shooter, those who knew the Turning Point USA co-founder personally reflected on his life.

U.S. Rep. Danny Davis, 7th, endorses Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton for U.S. Senate on Sept. 8, 2025, at Ald. Emma Mitts’ offices in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

US Rep. Danny Davis endorses Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton in Democratic Senate primary

September 8, 2025 at 4:38 p.m.

In backing Juliana Stratton, U.S. Rep. Danny Davis is withholding his support from two longtime colleagues, Reps. Robin Kelly of Matteson and Raja Krishnamoorthi of Schaumburg.

Marking the start of the school year, Gov. JB Pritzker, right, greets teachers and staff members at Prairie Oak Elementary School in Berwyn, Sept. 4, 2025. Pritzker was at the school to talk about the impacts of pending federal actions on school communities. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Gov. JB Pritzker, others in Chicago preach peaceful protests as naval base OK’d for immigration enforcement

September 4, 2025 at 8:35 p.m.

As federal immigration enforcement threats continue, Gov. JB Pritzker and others call for peaceful protests to decrease chance President Donald Trump sends military personnel to Chicago.

A voter receives a ballot at Marya Yates Elementary School in Matteson on April 1, 2025. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Illinois election officials decline to give Justice Department sensitive voter data

September 3, 2025 at 2:30 p.m.

President Donald Trump's Justice Department is seeking Illinois voter birth dates, driver’s license numbers, signatures and partial Social Security numbers.

Gov. JB Pritzker talks near Trump Tower in Chicago on Aug. 25, 2025, about President Donald Trump's possible plan to deploy National Guard troops. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

As President Donald Trump appears to waffle on National Guard in Chicago, Gov. JB Pritzker says, ‘do not come’

August 26, 2025 at 11:59 a.m.

The president's comments follow his statements Friday when he raised the idea of using the Guard in Chicago, as he previously did in Los Angeles and currently is doing in...

Robin Staggers, from the Cook County clerk’s office, waits for people to register to vote at an event in Chicago's Washington Park on Oct. 2, 2024. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Justice Department demands Illinois hand over voter data. Election officials are debating compliance.

August 24, 2025 at 6:15 p.m.

Illinois election officials are weighing a demand from President Trump's Justice Department that the state hand over voters’ birth dates, driver’s license numbers, signatures and partial Social Security numbers.

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