An Illinois woman who pleaded guilty but mentally ill in the 2020 stabbing deaths of her boyfriend’s parents has been sentenced to 55 years in prison. A McHenry County judge sentenced Arin Fox of Algonquin on Wednesday. She had faced between 40 and 60 years in prison and must serve …
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President Donald Trump continued back-and-forth jabs with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson late Tuesday night as the Windy City experienced another deadly weekend. In a post on Truth Social, the president called Pritzker “incompetent” and said Johnson is “no better” while talking about Chicago crime statistics …
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Illinois’ Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker said the state “will not stand idly by” if President Donald Trump makes good on his threat to deploy the National Guard to Chicago to respond to crime in the Windy City. “Unlike Donald Trump, we keep our promises,” the governor wrote Wednesday on X. …
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday accused U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers of harassing people “for not being White.” Speaking at a press conference alongside Chicago Mayor Brandon, the Democratic governor lambasted the Trump administration for sending in federal agents into the Windy City over the weekend. TRUMP OFFICIALS …
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Top White House aide Stephen Miller laughed off what he called a “dumb question” about alleged racial profiling in immigration raids during a testy CNN interview on Monday. Miller spoke with host Boris Sanchez about President Donald Trump’s plan to send National Guard troops to Illinois to protect U.S. Immigration …
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This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). A Wisconsin couple who had been married less than a year were found dead inside a car in northern Illinois just days before …
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Illinois Governor JB Pritzker announced on Sunday that President Donald Trump will deploy 400 members of the Texas National Guard to Illinois, Oregon and other locations. The deployment came as protests against federal law enforcement ramp up across the country, particularly in Portland and Chicago. In the Windy City, multiple …
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Texas National Guard troops arrived in Illinois on Tuesday to protect federal personnel and property amid anti-immigration protests, the Pentagon confirmed. A Pentagon official said 200 guardsmen were mobilized for an initial 60-day period. Troops arrived in Illinois “in support of the Federal Protection Mission to protect federal functions, personnel, …
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The White House ridiculed Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Ill., on Monday for rejecting President Donald Trump’s deployment of national guardsmen to Illinois to combat crime. “Chicago is descending into lawlessness and chaos because this slob cares more about boosting his anti-Trump creds on X than he does about making his …
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Illinois Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker said Tuesday he “can’t believe anything” that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) says and suggested ICE officers were breaking the law. Pritzker told the “Raging Moderates” podcast that he has encouraged prosecutors to investigate ICE activity in Chicago. He claimed one example that …
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