Illinois and Chicago sue DHS over ‘militarized’ immigration-enforcement tactics • Minnesota and the Twin Cities sue the federal government to stop the immigration crackdown
The Spin Monday, January 12, 2026 | | |
| | | | | Former Mayor Lori Lightfoot was served at her Chicago home in October with a lawsuit from JPMorgan Chase Bank for allegedly failing to pay about $11,078 in bills. | | | | | Saying immigration agents have acted more like an occupying military force than law enforcement, lawyers for the state of Illinois and Chicago sued the Trump administration in federal court Monday seeking to bar agents from using tear gas without sufficient warning, making warrantless arrests, and randomly stopping people to question them about their citizenship. | | | | | Minnesota and its two largest cities sued the Trump administration Monday to try to stop an immigration enforcement surge that led to the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by a federal officer and evoked outrage and protests across the country. | | | | | The interest and issuance cost of borrowing and lost investments totaled $59.5 million for suburban school districts and $62.2 million for Chicago Public Schools. | | | | | City attorneys want aldermen to approve a $22 million settlement for the family of a man killed in a car crash that occurred as Chicago police chased somebody else. | | | | | The Trump administration’s criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell appeared on Monday to be emboldening defenders of the U.S. central bank against the efforts of President Trump to control the Fed. | | | | | PBS will premiere separate programs on science and foreign affairs next weekend after shutting the doors on its Saturday and Sunday breaking newscasts because of the federal government’s cut of $1.1 billion in funding to public broadcasting. | | | | | Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly sued the Pentagon on Monday over attempts to punish him for his warnings about illegal orders, claiming the Trump administration trampled on his constitutional rights to free speech. | | | |