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How Trump’s Chicago immigration crackdown escalated
Hundreds gathered in downtown Chicago in a protest against immigrant deportations on Sept. 6, 2025. Week by week, the federal campaign to ramp up immigration enforcement in the Chicago area has created fear and inflamed tensions. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times) By JULIE BOSMAN, ALLISON McCANN and ARIJETA LAJKA Crowds of bystanders heckled and pointed cellphone cameras at federal agents during arrests. Immigration officers deployed tear gas and fired pepper balls to di
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Some Americans are starting to feel the impact of the government shutdown
Capitol Police close an entrance to the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. The effects of the federal government shutdown are spreading widely: the Trump administration said over 4,000 workers would be laid off. Farmers trying to plan next year’s crops don’t have all the tools they need. Some medical services have been curtailed in Native communities. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times) By EILEEN SULLIVAN Reverberations of the federal government shutdown, whi
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Oct 14, 20255 min read
Trump administration is bringing back scores of CDC experts fired in error
The Centers for Disease Control building in Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 28, 2025. “Disease detectives,” high-ranking scientists, the entire...
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Oct 13, 20253 min read
16 people killed in blast at Tennessee explosives plant, officials confirm
By RICK ROJAS, EMILY COCHRANE and CHRIS HIPPENSTEEL After a desperate but fruitless search for survivors, officials in Middle Tennessee...
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Oct 13, 20254 min read
Appeals court allows federalized National Guard, but leaves block on Chicago deployment in place
Illinois State Police stand guard outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Ill., on Saturday, Oct. 11,...
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Oct 13, 20253 min read
Man fascinated with fire imagery arrested in Palisades blaze, officials say
A residential neighborhood on fire in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles, on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. Federal authorities in Los...
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Oct 10, 20255 min read
GOP blocks bid to halt Trump’s attacks in the Caribbean Sea
By ROBERT JIMISON Republicans in the Senate blocked a measure earlier this week that would bar President Donald Trump from using military...
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Oct 10, 20254 min read
Judges challenge arguments against deploying troops in Portland, Oregon
Concrete barricades and security fencing surrounds the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago on Wednesday morning, Oct. 8, 2025. National...
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Oct 10, 20252 min read
Voters favor deporting those in US illegally, but say Trump has gone too far
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detain an immigrant from Ecuador outside their court hearing at the Jacob K. Javits Federal...
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Oct 9, 20255 min read
Comey will seek to dismiss case as vindictive prosecution
A protester carries a sign on Wednesday morning, Oct. 8, 2025, outside the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Va., where former FBI...
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Oct 9, 20252 min read
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