Quite a Black Friday afternoon from President Trump: Trying to strike down former President Joe Biden's executive orders; pardoning the former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking; and wading in on Honduran elections, while telling Maduro to stay out.

"When people withdraw themselves from the gears of the machine, that’s power, and service members need to know they have power to withdraw their consent," Aaron Hughes, a veteran, told @usatoday.com. Here's a look at vets calling for troops to claim conscientious objection.

More than three weeks after Pritzker drew national attention for creating an “accountability commission,” aimed at Trump’s ICE raids, there is no apparent way for public to report allegations of misconduct yet. Story by @petrellareports.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/17/p...

Officials in Charlotte, North Carolina, are bracing for a surge of federal agents as President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration widens.

Bovino on Fox News: "I'll tell you what's gonna happen. We're gonna go even harder on the streets. If he releases those 650, we're gonna apprehend 1,650 on the streets of Chicago."

“I was both astounded and mesmerized." Carl Sandburg’s ‘Chicago’ poem finds fresh relevance in a city occupied by ICE. From @ericathompson.bsky.social via @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Lori Lightfoot endorsing Melissa Conyears-Ervin is a good time to remind folks that Lightfoot fought hard to hide allegations of misconduct against Conyears-Ervin from the taxpayers. A real stain on her good government self-promotion www.chicagotribune.com/2023/10/11/c...

Very proud of the work my colleagues are doing at the Sun-Times. Read this heartbreaking piece by Mary Norkol and Anthony Vasquez. The only change I would have made is to the headline, which I would have made: 'Daddy isn't coming.' chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

This is the teacher federal agents grabbed yesterday at Rayito De Sol daycare in front of children. Attorneys for Diana Santillana have filed a petition in federal court to have her freed from ICE custody.

Back at the federal courthouse in downtown Chicago today where a judge is expected to issue a ruling in a case over federal agents use of force as they carry out the White House’s Midway Blitz crackdown. @usatoday.com

A major issue in the case is whether detainees are able to access their attorneys. On the stand now is a lawyer who represents detainees being held at the ICE facility in the suburbs.

A federal lawsuit describes an ICE facility in the Chicago suburbs as “filthy” and “cruel.” Two detainees named in the case are expected today in court where they hope a judge will order ICE to improve conditions at the site. @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

I spoke with Zohran Mamdani on Halloween about how he’s energized youth voters on a message of affordability. Asked if he had a costume, he said he was dressing as “just a tired politician.” Inside the hectic last few hours of New York City’s election for @usatoday.com:

Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.

“There is a human rights emergency unfurling outside the city” in Broadview, says attorney for ICE detainees suing DHS over conditions at the main facility being used for the Midway Blitz crackdown on Chicago. Hearing ongoing. @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Ruben Torres reunites with his wife in Indiana after being detained by ICE for nearly two weeks. He is headed back to his daughter Ofelia

In Gary, IN, where Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem is expected today to give an update on the status of the Midway Blitz crackdown on Chicago. @usatoday.com

Immigration agents took a man at Racine and Schubert, video from a source as the Feds raid Lincoln Park area

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker established a commission to document abuses by federal agents carrying out President Trump’s Midway Blitz.

Thousands of National Guard troops have now been deployed across the nation with even more deployment on the table if Trump gets his way. Are they a sign of raging crime or of overreach? I joined @USATODAY's The Excerpt to unpack it. art19.com/shows/5-thin...

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates. @chicago.suntimes.com has documented 4 unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations. chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

A Trump immigration blitz is upending life in Chicago. I discuss on today's episode of The Excerpt. art19.com/shows/5-thin...

"It feels like chemical warfare": ICE fires anti-crowd projectiles at Chicagoans aiming to shut down Trump’s Midway Blitz @usatoday.com's @michael-loria.bsky.social was there when federal agents used pepper spray and shot pepper balls on protesters and press. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Pope Leo XIV, a Chicago native, stuns in a White Sox cap.

Really nice storytelling and reporting from @usatoday.com and @chriskenning.bsky.social and @michael-loria.bsky.social about Pope Leo XIV and his early years in Chicago. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

the eucharist is now a shot of malort and a tamale from the tamale guy

Attn: Reporters covering the Los Angeles fires: My team built a page of UC Berkeley wildfire experts, contact info and research focuses. There's experts on WUI, urban fires, smoke dangers, air quality, forest management, wildfire modeling, and more! news.berkeley.edu/expert-topic...

Another side of the Mangione story— what experts fear his 3D-printed gun and silencer signal for ghost guns in America. in @usatoday.com

There's an online "manifesto" floating around that's being attributed to Luigi Mangione. It's almost certainly fake. Fair warning.

A request: Does anyone have an archive of Mangione's Reddit posts? My DMs are open. My email is [email protected] and my Signal/Telegram is 415.416.5231 Much obliged.

Chicago to be ground zero for mass deportations, Trump border czar tells Illinois Republicans chicago.suntimes.com/politics/don...

'Shocked and devastated': Family of suspected United Healthcare killer speaks out with @chriskenning.bsky.social in @usatoday.com

Luigi Mangione's improbable path from valedictorian, engineer and Ivy League grad to McDonald’s goer with a 3-D printed gun. with @chriskenning.bsky.social in @usatoday.com

Ukrainian Americans take aim at Elon Musk’s satellites, fearing he is in Putin's pocket. via @usatoday.com

ICYMI: wild story I worked on yesterday:

Elon Musk has a history of cuts. What's that mean for Trump's Department of Government Efficiency? I discuss on today's episode of The Excerpt from @usatoday.

launching this new app with a story about the guy on the old one www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...