Supreme Court deals Trump a defeat on bid to deploy National Guard in Illinois Story: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/23/s...

A trove of Operation Midway Blitz records have been unsealed tonight in the injunction case before Judge Sara Ellis. It’ll take time to go through. But one of the first things I saw happened to be Bovino’s official account of what happened in Little Village on Oct. 23 Guess what? No rock

The feds have charged a suburban Chicago woman who works in office services for US Foods with ordering $3 million in toner cartridges on the company's tab and selling them on eBay 👀

Judge Georgia Alexakis has denied a motion by the Tribune and other media to lift a protective order and release body cam footage from the shooting of Marimar Martinez by a Border Patrol agent. Judge said in part media could’ve acted sooner. Background: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/25/c...

JUST IN: Lawrence Reed, the man charged with lighting a woman on fire on the CTA Blue Line on Nov. 17, is now indicted on additional arson charges for allegedly lighting a fire at City Hall three days earlier www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/19/f...

The lead prosecutor in the high-profile case involving an alleged Chicago gang member soliciting the murder of Greg Bovino is unexpectedly leaving leaving the U.S. attorney's office just weeks ahead of trial Story: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/18/l...

How long will "The Bovino Show Part Deux" last? Not very, according to law enforcement and other immigration sources. But he appears to be getting his money's worth: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/17/b...

Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino and some 100 agents returned to Chicago in a seemingly made-for-social media show. “All right guys. Merry Christmas if I don’t see you again,” Bovino told protesters in Little Village. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/16/b...

Multiple reports of Border Patrol activity in Cicero and Chicago’s Southwest Side Tuesday morning www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/16/b...

“He had every great job in the law worth having” William J. Bauer, the son of an oil salesman who rose to be U.S. attorney and “sage” Chicago-based 7th Circuit judge, dies at 99 www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/j...

Four Corner Hustlers boss Labar “Bro Man” Spann is once again facing life in prison after being convicted — again— in a retrial of RICO involving four murders, including the contract killing of Latin Kings boss Rudy “Kato” Rangel. Sentencing is on 4/20 www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/g...

After Customs and Border Protection Officer Luis Uribe was ordered detained on rape charges today, two uniformed CBP officers appeared to hand him some paperwork to sign. Uribe’s attorney said he declined to sign anything without consulting his union rep story: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/b...

The detention hearing for Luis Uribe is underway. He was brought into court in green jail clothes and nodded at several relatives in the gallery. There are also two uniformed Customs and Border protection officers watching. Judge Keri Holleb Hotaling presiding

NEW: The lawyer for Luis Uribe, a Customs and Border Protection agent charged with raping sex workers in Chicago's suburbs in 2022, is asking for his pretrial release, saying he's an ex-Marine with strong community ties. A detention hearing is set for 1:30pm www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/09/b...

A new indictment alleges Chicago company Clear Labs billed Blue Cross for nearly $30 million in fraudulent COVID-19 tests in 2024. When investigators went to the lab's address on North Cicero, they found an empty storefront and no evidence that any tests were actually performed

NEW: Lawyers for media outlets argue the feds “can’t have it both ways” by refusing to release body-cam video of the Marimar Martinez shooting: “The government is promulgating one version of events while refusing to disclose the videos, photographs and text messages that it maintains corroborate it”

Chicago appeals court blocks release of hundreds of Midway Blitz detainees pending individual review “We will go back to the district court and fight hard to get that adjudicated as quickly as possible,” plaintiffs’ attorney says. “Because they deserve it.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/11/c...

JUST IN: A federal appeals court has allowed the extension of a consent decree governing warrantless immigration arrests, pending Supreme Court review, but blocked the immediate release of some 450 detainees See below www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/i...

Emil Jones III's deal to avoid a felony conviction means his political career, which had been on life support, is now very much alive. He's on the ballot for the March primary "Happy for the early Christmas gift" Jones said on his way out of court today UPDATE: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/11/s...

DEVELOPING: State Sen. Emil Jones III has reached a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. attorney's office, canceling a January retrial on bribery charges story: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/11/s...

///BREAKING/// The judge in the bribery case against state Sen. Emil Jones III says there is an agreement to defer prosecution. His retrial had been set for next month

CBP has released the following statement, which says nothing about Officer Juan Uribe We could learn more at a detention hearing Monday:

JUST IN: Ex-Summit police Chief John Kosmowski convicted by a federal jury on bribery and obstruction charges involving a $10,000 payment from a bar owner seeking help with his liquor license. Kosmowski claimed it was a loan.

For those interested in suburban corruption cases, there is a verdict in the bribery trial of former Summit police Chief John Kosmowski. Will be read in court shortly Here is my story on the trial from last week: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/u...

So far, total silence from @DHSgov after an agent assigned to customs and immigration in Chicago was charged with using his gun and badge to rob and rape sex workers at suburban hotels in 2022. Lots of questions on this one: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/09/b...

UPDATE: A CBP agent allegedly used his gun and badge rob and sexually assault at least 4 prostitutes in Chicago’s suburbs in 2022. The attacks were so brazen at one point he was offered “free commercial sex” with workers if he stopped, the feds say. He didn't. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/09/b...

NEW: Ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan has become the latest high-profile Illinois Democrat to officially ask President Trump for clemency on a corruption conviction. The request is for a “pardon after completion of sentence,” which seems odd for an 83-year-old www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/09/e...

STORY: Customs and Border Protection agent charged with robbing, raping women in Chicago suburbs in 2022 Prosecutors say Luis Uribe worked primarily at O'Hare airport at the time. More details will be released later today www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/09/b...

///BREAKING//// A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent has been charged in a federal indictment with robbing and raping women - including at least one at gunpoint - "under color of law" in Chicago's suburbs in 2022. Luis Uribe, 44, is appearing in court now.

Trump lawyer claims dismissal of lawsuit over immigration enforcement would block future use-of-force claims. But judge says that's not the law. Here's the latest twist in a federal lawsuit that has come to symbolize the havoc of Operation Midway Blitz: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/04/t...

DOJ has now filed its response to the motion to dismiss, saying it should be seen “for what it is.” They also say immigration enforcement action has not ended in Chicago and they intend to continue their “lawful activities” here

JUST IN: The 7th Circuit has officially suspended briefing and appeal arguments in the lawsuit restricting use of force by immigration agents, pending dismissal by the district court. Judge Ellis has set a 1:45 p.m. hearing today on that motion background: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/a...

Federal prosecutors moved Wednesday to drop charges against a comedy club manager accused of shutting a car door on a federal immigration agent’s leg in the Lakeview neighborhood, the latest in a string of dismissals in Operation Midway Blitz cases. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/c...

“Here’s the thing, no matter what we say, remember this: It’s gonna be their version against ours. It always is. It was a loan from me to you. That was that.” Key undercover tape played at bribery trial of ex-Summit police chief www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/u...

JUST IN: Charges to be dismissed against Laugh Factory manager Nathan Griffin, who was arrested after allegedly closing a car door on an immigration agent's leg. The deadline to indict was today, but the feds instead moved to dismiss the complaint Background: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/i...

From the Chicago Headline Club: "To no one's surprise, the federal government appealed, and the lower court's preliminary injunction was stayed...Given that the Border Patrol and other federal agencies have reduced their presence for now, we don't see a need to keep the court fight going."

DEVELOPING: After ominous signals from the 7th Circuit, attorneys abruptly move to dismiss lawsuit restricting use of force by immigration agents as appeal looms this story will update: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/a...

///BREAKING/// Lawyers in the case involving the use of force by immigration agents in Chicago have moved to dismiss the lawsuit while it’s still on appeal. This appears to be strategic after a conservative panel on the 7th Circuit called the injunction “overbroad” Story to come

A federal appeals judge today had blunt criticism for a lower court’s order to release hundreds of immigrants on bond whose arrests during “Operation Midway Blitz” are being challenged under a consent decree that limits so-called warrantless detention. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/i...

We are underway. Hearing his case are 7th Circuit Judges Thomas Kirsch II, John Lee and Doris Pryor.

Greetings from the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse, where the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals is set to hear arguments over a lower court's order to release of hundreds of Operation Midway Blitz detainees. Background here: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/f...

Newly released federal data shows immigration agents booked roughly 1,900 immigrants in the first half of Operation Midway Blitz – two-thirds of whom had no known criminal convictions or pending charges. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/01/o... by @joemahr.bsky.social @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social

Joaquin Guzmán López stood at a lectern and answered routine questions in English. When the judge asked what he did for a living, Guzmán López said quickly: “Drug trafficking.” “Oh that’s your job,” the judge replied as others in the courtroom chuckled. “Alright — there you go.”

///BREAKING/// Son of ‘El Chapo’ Guzman admits kidnapping and flying cartel boss Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada to U.S., pleads guilty in Chicago drug trafficking case casehttps://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/01/son-of-el-chapo-guzman-plead-guilty/

One of the sons of “El Chapo” Guzmán is set to plead guilty in Chicago today, nearly a year and a half after his stunning flight across the Mexico border delivered elusive Sinaloa cartel leader Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada into the hands of U.S. authorities. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/01/s...

Protester to agent: “Nice costume, did you order that on Temu?....I want to get one just like it for Halloween.”

The Trump administration's appeal of an injunction limiting use of force by immigration agents is in. "What began as a complaint by a handful of journalists and protesters...has transformed into an instrument for judicial micromanagement of federal law enforcement operations"

Body cam shows an immigration agent asking ChatGPT for help writing a report: “During surveillance in the area, I observed a male subject loitering while seated in a vehicle. Based on his behavior, I approached and initiated a consensual encounter.” ICYMI: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/28/b...

NEW: In the past 8 months, Chicago’s U.S. attorney’s office has seen a large turnover in leadership, been buffeted by the government shutdown and thrown headlong into Operation Midway Blitz. Unusual times to be sure. But then things got even weirder. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/30/u...

Newly released body cams capture in shaky, first-person style the chaos on Chicago streets during Operation Midway Blitz. In one, an agent runs into a Walgreens with gun drawn after a chase on the East Side. “Call the police!” a woman says. “We are the police!” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/28/b...