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A crowd confronts federal agents after a raid at the Discount Mall on West 26th Street in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood on Oct 23, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Midway Blitz leader Greg Bovino ordered into court after feds defend using tear gas on residents in Little Village

October 24, 2025 at 8:21 p.m.

In the statement, Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said Border Patrol agents were near 27th Street and Whipple Ave when they were surrounded by a large crowd of “75 to 100”...

An angry crowd faces off with Border Patrol agents after a raid at the Discount Mall on West 26th Street in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood on Oct. 23, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino accused of violating judge’s order by throwing tear gas at crowd in Little Village Thursday

October 23, 2025 at 8:54 p.m.

Federal immigration officials were in Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side Thursday for the second time in two days.

Larry Hoover, who has been in prison since 1973, faces the parole board with his wife, Winndye Jenkins, at the Dixon Correctional Center on Feb. 7, 1995. (John Dziekan/baiduhai)

Prison board receives clemency petition for Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover

October 23, 2025 at 3:43 p.m.

The petition comes after President Donald Trump in May commuted the federal life sentence of Chicago-born Hoover.

Members of the Texas National Guard assemble at the Army Reserve Training Center in Elwood, a far southwest suburb on Oct. 7, 2025. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Judge extends restraining order barring National Guard deployment in Illinois as Supreme Court decision looms

October 22, 2025 at 6:09 p.m.

A federal judge in Chicago on Wednesday indefinitely extended her restraining order barring President Donald Trump from deploying National Guard troops to Illinois as both sides await a U.S. Supreme...

Members of the Texas National Guard at the Army Reserve Training Center in Elmwood, Oct. 7. 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)

Illinois asks Supreme Court to deny Trump’s ‘dramatic’ request to clear National Guard deployment

October 20, 2025 at 6:44 p.m.

Attorneys for Illinois on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to deny the Trump administration's "dramatic" request to be allowed to send National Guard troops to the Chicago area to...

A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent walks through a cloud of tear gas after agents faced off against community members at 105th Street and Avenue N in Chicago on Oct. 14, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Immigration officials tell federal judge aggressive street tactics were response to agents being in danger

October 20, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.

A pair of immigration officials in federal court Monday defended their agencies' use of force with protesters and media during the Trump administration's ongoing "Operation Midway Blitz," saying agents have...

Members of the Texas National Guard assemble in Elwood at the Army Reserve Training Center in the southwest suburb of Chicago on Oct. 7. 2025. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow deployment of National Guard in Chicago area

October 18, 2025 at 11:29 a.m.

The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to allow the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area, escalating President Donald Trump’s conflict with Democratic governors over...

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents face off against community members at 105th Street and Avenue N in Chicago on Oct. 14, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Chicago federal judge strengthens language ordering all ICE agents to wear body cameras: ‘Not a suggestion’

October 17, 2025 at 2:34 p.m.

A federal judge in Chicago clarified that all immigration-enforcement agents must have body-worn cameras in the field as part of a temporary restraining order over the tear gassing and rough...

Women talk to a U.S. marshal at a gate in the new security fence surrounding the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Sept. 5, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

‘Feeling the pain’: Chicago’s federal court employees to go without pay amid ongoing government shutdown

October 17, 2025 at 6:01 p.m.

The ongoing federal government shutdown is starting to have dire consequences at Chicago's Dirksen U.S. Courthouse, where money has run out to pay staff for non-essential duties and jury trials...

Members of the Texas National Guard arrive on Oct. 7, 2025, at the Army Reserve Training Center in Elwood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

‘Political opposition is not rebellion’: Chicago appeals court leaves judge’s order barring National Guard deployment intact

October 18, 2025 at 11:30 a.m.

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

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