Katie Abraham, a 20-year-old college student killed in a DUI hit-and-run crash, is at the center of the Trump administration's DHS Chicago deportation campaign. chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump...

Former Chicagoans living in DC talk to @chicago.suntimes.com Washington correspondent @tinasfon.bsky.social about the growing tensions in the capitol city since the National Guard rolled into town www.wbez.org/politics/202...

Despite President Donald Trump’s decision to federalize the D.C. police force and deploy the National Guard to fight violent crime in the nation’s capital, he cannot deliver on his threat to do the same in Chicago, state and local officials said Monday. chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump...

Trump also said this about Pritzker today: "I understand he wants to be president, but I noticed he lost a little weight. So maybe he has a chance." Pritzker's response: "I guess I should say thank you for the compliment."

Gov. Pritzker on President Trump saying other cities, like Chicago, could see National Guard deployment: "He has absolutely no right and no legal ability to send troops in to the city of Chicago, and so I reject that notion."

The floodgates are open in the race to succeed U.S. Rep. Danny Davis in the securely blue 7th Congressional District. At least nine candidates are waiting in the wings to replace him. chicago.suntimes.com/politics/202...

Democratic U.S. Rep. Danny Davis on Thursday announced his retirement after serving 15 terms in Congress and handed a hefty endorsement to State Rep. La Shawn Ford. chicago.suntimes.com/politics/202...

U.S. Rep. Sean Casten is among 78 House Dems urging top health care CEOs to continue providing vaccine coverage — after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. last month ousted all members of a vaccine advisory board and replaced them with his own picks. chicago.suntimes.com/politics/202...

Update: DHS tells the Sun-Times that Homeland Security's Chicago’s Financial Crimes Task Force were staging a briefing about a drug investigation. Still, the incident unleashed panic in a community living in fear of raids and deportations. chicago.suntimes.com/politics/202...

Humboldt Park’s National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture was swarmed by 15 Department of Homeland Security vehicles on Tuesday afternoon, in what local elected officials called a survey of the neighborhood ahead of two widely attended festivals. chicago.suntimes.com/politics/202...

As the Trump tax bill heads back to the House, activists are now focusing their efforts on the three Republican members of the Illinois delegation, despite their allegiances to Trump: Reps. Mary Miller, Darin LaHood and Mike Bost. chicago.suntimes.com/politics/202...

Illinois Dems, advocates and experts are warning that the Trump bill's $1.2 trillion in cuts would cost more than 500,000 Illinoisans health care coverage and put about 427,000 people at risk of losing food assistance. chicago.suntimes.com/politics/202...

Gov. Pritzker is preparing for the House Oversight committee with the help of Dana Remus, former White House counsel to President Biden. He’s also reviewing Mayor Brandon Johnson’s committee testimony — and talking to former Mayor Rahm Emanuel. chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-gov...

The Federal Bureau of Prisons has confirmed Larry Hoover left its custody Thursday. Now, a 74-year-old Larry Hoover, who is serving a life sentence, is listed as an inmate in the Colorado Department of Corrections. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...

Sen. Dick Durbin says there are 'at least a dozen' serious contenders ready to jump into Senate race chicago.suntimes.com/politics/202...

The behind-the-scenes jockeying for Sen. Dick Durbin’s still not vacant seat got a little more public on Thursday, as U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton got some face time with Cook County Democrats. chicago.suntimes.com/politics/202...

Illinois Democrats await decisions from Durbin, Pritzker that will spark high-stakes political shuffle chicago.suntimes.com/politics/202...

Declaring 'nobody's king,' former President Biden in Chicago rails on Trump, Musk over Social Security cuts chicago.suntimes.com/politics/202...

Gov. Pritzker says he still hasn't decided whether he'll testify before the House Oversight Committee next month: "Part of it is scheduling. Part of it is, you know, just a consideration about how beneficial it'll be..." chicago.suntimes.com/politics/202...

President Donald Trump plans to pour billions of dollars into building an infrastructure for mass deportations, but he will hit a wall in Illinois where existing laws prohibit immigration detention. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/... via @elviamalagon.bsky.social

Meet the prosecutor challenging Michael Madigan on the witness stand. The one-on-one exchange between Assistant U.S. Attorney Amarjeet Bhachu and Madigan prove to be one of the most pivotal moments of the trial. chicago.suntimes.com/madigan-tria... by Jon Seidel and @tinasfon.bsky.social

Local Ukrainians fearful — and hopeful — about Trump's impact on the war roiling their homeland, reports @tinasfon.bsky.social chicago.suntimes.com/politics/202...