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Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget group announces familiar ideas to plug gap • Gov. JB Pritzker says President Donald Trump is ‘losing it’ after latest Chicago National Guard threat
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Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Video gambling terminals in Chicago win initial approval, but Mayor Brandon Johnson opposed

An effort to legalize video gambling terminals in Chicago took a major step forward Tuesday, but now faces opposition from Mayor Brandon Johnson.

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Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget group announces familiar ideas to plug gap

After months of closed door meetings and zipped lips from its members, a working group appointed by Mayor Brandon Johnson to give him ideas to plug next year’s $1.15 billion budget gap is rolling out a bunch of largely familiar, in some cases improbable options for Chicago officials to consider.

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Gov. JB Pritzker says President Donald Trump is ‘losing it’ after latest Chicago National Guard threat

President Donald Trump again vowed to deploy the National Guard to Chicago “against” the opposition of Gov. JB Pritzker, prompting the Democratic governor on Tuesday to label the president’s latest comments a possible sign of “dementia” after a month of on-and-off threats by Trump to mobilize the military to the city.

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Mayor Brandon Johnson orders police to work with protesters if Trump ‘tramples constitution’

Mayor Brandon Johnson is directing police to work more closely with protesters clashing with federal authorities as President Donald Trump ramps up deportations in and around Chicago.

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‘If it’s not us, who is it going to be?’: Chicago students rally against ICE

Chicago students rallied during the school day to celebrate Hispanic culture and denounce U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement sweeps.

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Elgin man who is a US citizen was briefly detained in latest Chicago-area immigration enforcement blitz

An Elgin man who was born in the United States said he was handcuffed, questioned and placed in a U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicle before dawn, part of a blitz of immigration enforcement activity reported in the Chicago area early Tuesday.

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Protesters call for justice in Franklin Park after fatal ICE shooting; border patrol chief announces arrival in Chicago

As questions continue to surface over how U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents came to fatally shoot a man in Franklin Park on Friday, community members called for justice at a rally and march. Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, 38, was shot and killed after he allegedly tried to flee a traffic stop and struck an ICE officer with his vehicle.

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Trump’s UK visit will mix trade and tech talks will royal pomp

President Donald Trump arrived in the United Kingdom on Tuesday for a state visit during which the British government hopes a multibillion-dollar technology deal will show the trans-Atlantic bond remains strong despite differences over Ukraine, the Middle East and the future of the Western alliance.