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North Chicago and Waukegan officials brace for 300 ICE agents at Naval Station Great Lakes • Judge reverses Trump administration’s cuts of billions of dollars to Harvard University
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Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Gov. JB Pritzker expecting federal ‘actions’ by weekend as local officials brace for 300 immigration agents

As President Trump continues to threaten a federal incursion in Chicago, he’s also using it to fundraise. On Wednesday, his campaign sought $15 to “LIBERATE CHICAGO – SAVE AMERICA.”

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North Chicago and Waukegan officials brace for 300 ICE agents at Naval Station Great Lakes

Plans for the deployment of approximately 300 ICE agents for operations in Chicago and possibly elsewhere in the area were disclosed Wednesday morning.

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Judge reverses Trump administration’s cuts of billions of dollars to Harvard University

A federal judge in Boston on Wednesday ordered the reversal of the Trump administration’s cuts to more than $2.6 billion in funding research grants for Harvard University.

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Trump suggests National Guard could go into New Orleans, a blue city in a red state

President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that New Orleans could be his next target for deploying the National Guard to fight crime, potentially expanding the number of cities around the nation where he may send federal law enforcement.

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Federal court rules it is legal to ban guns from CTA and Metra

At issue was whether a constitutional test requiring gun laws to be “historically” consistent with laws on the books in the 18th century or earlier was applied correctly.

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Veterans, advocates urge National Guard members to resist potentially unlawful Trump orders

Veterans and lawyers also asked Gov. JB Pritzker to offer more material protections for National Guard members who resist federal orders on domestic deployment.

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Illinois prison officials allowed to scan incoming mail amid reports they are tainted by chemicals and drugs

New temporary rules allow state corrections officials to electronically scan and digitize incoming mail to print it for a person incarcerated or send it to them electronically.

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Indiana Gov. Mike Braun appoints Indiana members to Indiana-Illinois boundary commission

Gov. Mike Braun appointed five members to the Indiana-Illinois Boundary Adjustment Commission, which is one member less than the quorum needed for the commission to have voting power.

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