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A man checks information in front of a Illinois Department of Employment Security facility in Chicago on April 30, 2020.

The Spin: Mayor Lori Lightfoot says Chicago’s Columbus statues ‘temporarily’ removed | CPD blasted for slow pace of police reform | Ex-Madigan campaign worker seeks to change Illinois’ political climate with new PAC

July 24, 2020 at 5:47 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot ordered a middle-of-the-night removal of two Christopher Columbus statues, including one downtown that was at the center of a violent clash last week between protesters and the...

Alaina Hampton takes part in a news conference in 2018 announcing a federal lawsuit against Illinois Democrats.

Ex-campaign worker in Speaker Madigan’s political operation launches PAC in response to alleged ComEd bribery scheme

July 24, 2020 at 4:58 p.m.

An ex-campaign worker who once sued House Speaker Michael Madigan's political operation has launched a fundraising committee that serves as her attempt to change the climate of Illinois politics after...

Mayor Lori Lighfoot takes off her face mask as she prepares to speak at a news conference at the University of Chicago's Harper Center on July 23, 2020.

The Spin: Lightfoot on Trump, ‘I think we understand each other’ | Scene of Chicago mass shooting becomes political stage | Feds subpoena AT&T as part of probe into Speaker Madigan, lobbying

July 23, 2020 at 7:54 p.m.

In a week when tensions flared again between the Republican boss in the White House and Democratic boss at Chicago City Hall, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Gov. J.B. Pritzker stood...

President Donald Trump speaks about Operation Legend on July 22, 2020, in the East Room of the White House.

Calling Chicago ‘a disaster,’ Trump announces surge of federal agents will be sent to deal with violence spike

July 22, 2020 at 9:25 p.m.

President Donald Trump, who once insisted Chicago's crime problem could be solved within a week, announced plans Wednesday to send a "surge of federal law enforcement" to the city to...

President Donald Trump during an event on "Operation Legend: Combatting Violent Crime in American Cities," at the White House on July 22, 2020.

The Spin: Trump phones Lightfoot after announcing federal law enforcement ‘surge’ in Chicago | Should Christopher Columbus exit Grant Park? | Pritzker renews COVID-19 warnings

July 22, 2020 at 7:02 p.m.

A day after a horrific gunbattle erupted outside a South Side funeral home, leaving 15 wounded, President Donald Trump confirmed today what my Tribune colleagues have been reporting for days:...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks alongside Gov. J.B. Pritzker at the Thompson Center on May 31, 2020 the day after protests led to widespread damage downtown.

The Spin: Lightfoot says Chicago won’t see ‘Portland-style deployment’ of federal agents | Kanye West tries to get on Illinois ballot | GOP calling on Pritzker to hold special session

July 21, 2020 at 5:30 p.m.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said this afternoon that she expects President Donald Trump to send federal law enforcement agents to help police and the U.S. attorney's office fight local violence,...

Donald Trump is profiled against his 92-story Trump International Hotel & Tower in 2007.

The Spin: Trump dances around questions about dispatching federal agents to Chicago | Lightfoot haltingly adds voice to small choir of Dems calling out Madigan | Kanye’s tearful presidential stump speech

July 20, 2020 at 5:40 p.m.

Quick to mention Chicago, President Donald Trump in recent days said he was planning a new law enforcement initiative that would be announced this week — and this morning my...

Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan speaks after a House Democratic caucus meeting at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield on Nov. 12, 2019.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Illinois House progressives say Speaker Michael Madigan should step down if allegations involving ComEd are true

July 20, 2020 at 4:28 p.m.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said if allegations involving Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, who for decades has been at the controls of whether legislation lives or dies inside the State...

Civil rights activist C.T. Vivian sits at his home in Atlanta on Jan. 4, 2012.

The Spin: Gov. Pritzker says Speaker Madigan must ‘resign’ if allegations in feds probe of ComEd are true | In Fox interview Trump says Chicago is ‘stupidly run’ | Chicago’s Kanye West qualifies to be on Oklahoma ballot in presidential race

July 17, 2020 at 6:44 p.m.

It's a bombshell: Federal prosecutors filed court documents today in which utility giant ComEd agreed to pay a $200 million fine for allegedly giving jobs, contracts and payments to allies...

FILE - In this photo taken May 24, 2007, Donald Trump is profiled against his 92-story Trump International Hotel & Tower during a news conference on construction progress in Chicago. Trump's been telling Americans for nearly three decades that he's what they really need in the White House, a business-hardened dealmaker-in-chief. Now that he's actually running for president, Trump gets to say it Thursday night from center stage and in prime-time as the top-polling candidate in the first Republican presidential debate of the 2016 campaign. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

President Trump calls Chicago, New York ‘stupidly run’ when Fox News host asked about violent crime in both cities

July 17, 2020 at 6:37 p.m.

President Donald Trump called Chicago and New York "stupidly run" cities, putting the blame for violent crime in both places at the feet of their two Democratic mayors during an...

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