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• Shots Fired at Border Patrol Agents in Chicago, Federal Officials Say

  09-11-2025 00:34 via nytimes.com
  No Border Patrol agents were injured in the incident on Saturday as an immigration enforcement campaign continues in the city.
  
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• Worries Increase on Second Day of Flight Cancellations

  09-11-2025 00:00 via nytimes.com
  Disruptions to air travel on Saturday were modest, but officials and passengers were bracing for worse as the government shutdown continued.
  
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• Judge Sara Ellis Rules Greg Bovino Lied About Tear Gas Usage in Chicago

  06-11-2025 20:01 via nytimes.com
  Judge Sara L. Ellis said she saw “little reason for the use of force that the federal agents are currently using,” and said Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official, had lied about his use of tear gas in Chicago.
  
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• Judge Criticizes Immigration Agents in Chicago: ‘Use of Force Shocks the Conscience’

  06-11-2025 20:01 via nytimes.com
  Judge Sara L. Ellis said she saw “little reason for the use of force that the federal agents are currently using,” and said Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official, had lied about his use of tear gas in Chicago.
  
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• What to Know About Tear Gas, the Chemicals Immigration Agents Are Using in Illinois

  06-11-2025 16:46 via nytimes.com
  The repeated use of tear gas by federal immigration officers in Chicago has renewed a debate about how chemical irritants should be used by law enforcement personnel.
  
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• Judge Sets Limits on Chicago-Area ICE Facility at Center of Illinois Protests

  06-11-2025 01:38 via nytimes.com
  After detainees described squalid conditions at the detention site, a judge ordered the government to provide showers, water, clean toilets and access to lawyers.
  
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• 4 Progressive Mayors Offer Advice to Zohran Mamdani

  05-11-2025 19:17 via nytimes.com
  Tips from young liberals in office: Manage the stress. Keep your mom off Facebook. Plow the snow.
  
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• Judge Expresses Alarm About ICE Detention Conditions in Broadview, Ill.

  05-11-2025 02:42 via nytimes.com
  Several former detainees described tight quarters, a lack of sanitation and little access to lawyers at the Broadview, Ill., immigration detention facility.
  
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• Why Trump Can Do No Wrong

  02-11-2025 12:00 via nytimes.com
  If there is no cover-up, then there must not have been a crime.
  
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• Immigration Agents Clash With Chicago-Area Residents on Halloween

  01-11-2025 00:52 via nytimes.com
  The state’s governor had called for a pause in the federal immigration crackdown over the Halloween weekend, citing concerns for children’s safety.
  
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• Kat Abughazaleh, Democratic Congressional Candidate, Among ICE Protesters Indicted

  29-10-2025 23:44 via nytimes.com
  Six people, including the congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh, were indicted by a grand jury in Chicago. Ten others were arrested on charges stemming from California protests.
  
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• Judge Questions Gregory Bovino Over Immigration Crackdown Tactics

  28-10-2025 22:23 via nytimes.com
  Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official who has become a public face of President Trump’s crackdown, was ordered to give the federal judge a daily report on the actions of his team from now on.
  
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• Midair Fork Attack Forces International Flight to Divert to Boston

  28-10-2025 22:02 via nytimes.com
  A 28-year-old man stabbed two teenagers during a flight from Chicago to Frankfurt, according to federal prosecutors.
  
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• Once Again: The Pope Likes That Other Chicago Team, Not the Cubs

  28-10-2025 19:37 via nytimes.com
  Although he posed with a Cubs jersey on Monday, a gift from a religious leader also from Chicago, Pope Leo is a longtime fan of the Chicago White Sox. Some people can’t seem to keep it straight.
  
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• Who Are the Federal Forces Behind Trump’s Mass Deportations and Crime Crackdown?

  28-10-2025 17:42 via nytimes.com
  As President Trump deploys ICE, Border Patrol, the National Guard and other forces to U.S. cities, here’s how to tell them apart — and what their powers are.
  
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• How and Where the National Guard Has Deployed to U.S. Cities

  28-10-2025 15:33 via nytimes.com
  See where the troops called upon by President Trump are working, what they are doing, and under whose authority.
  
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• What to Know About Tear Gas, the Chemicals Federal Agents Are Using During Immigration Raids

  28-10-2025 10:03 via nytimes.com
  The repeated use of tear gas by federal immigration officers in Chicago has renewed a debate about how chemical irritants should be used by law enforcement personnel.
  
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• Why Trump’s East Wing Demolition Needed to Happen

  26-10-2025 18:54 via nytimes.com
  The arguments against it illustrate a consistent problem with progressive stewardship of American cities.
  
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• Immigration Crackdown Spreads Through Chicago, Including Wealthy Neighborhoods

  25-10-2025 02:57 via nytimes.com
  Federal agents detained a man on the city’s North Side on Friday, and residents emerged from their homes, yelling and blowing whistles.
  
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• Senior Border Patrol Official Throws Tear Gas at Chicago Residents

  25-10-2025 01:05 via nytimes.com
  Gregory Bovino, a senior Border Patrol official, threw a tear gas canister at a large group of Chicago residents on Thursday. Tensions escalated after officials arrested a security guard in a mall parking lot.
  
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• Chicago to Pay $90 Million to Settle Cases Tied to an Ex-Police Sergeant’s Team

  25-09-2025 23:56 via nytimes.com
  The agreement to resolve scores of lawsuits was a significant blow to a city facing budget challenges, but not as pricey as some officials had feared.
  
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• 3 School Districts to Lose $65 Million Over Gender and D.E.I. Policies

  25-09-2025 17:19 via nytimes.com
  The federal Education Department accused New York, Chicago and Fairfax, Va., of discrimination and said it would pull federal funds from their magnet schools.
  
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• How an Attempted ICE Arrest Near Chicago Turned Deadly

  23-09-2025 16:02 via nytimes.com
  The New York Times analyzed surveillance, police body-camera footage and bystander videos to understand what happened when an immigration agent shot and killed a motorist in a Chicago suburb.
  
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• El papa León XIV y las muchas ideas que los católicos tienen sobre él

  20-09-2025 11:02 via nytimes.com
  A diferencia de Francisco, León XIV ha dado pocas pistas sobre su postura respecto a los temas que dividen a la Iglesia (aunque sin duda es fan de los White Sox). Los seguidores completan los vacíos.
  
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• Protesters and Federal Agents Clash Outside an ICE Detention Facility Near Chicago

  20-09-2025 04:16 via nytimes.com
  The Department of Homeland Security said there had been 550 arrests in the Chicago operation.
  
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• She’s Starting a Blood Bank for Zoos

  19-09-2025 19:06 via nytimes.com
  Captive animals sometimes need a transfusion, but the typical approach to blood banking isn’t practical for zoos and aquariums. One veterinarian is testing a solution.
  
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• Starbucks prometió mejoras. Sus empleados y clientes aún no están convencidos

  19-09-2025 09:00 via nytimes.com
  Algunas de las medidas tomadas por Brian Niccol para revitalizar la cadena han sido bien recibidas. Otras han provocado confusión y frustración entre clientes y baristas.
  
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• Catholics Project Many Images Onto Pope Leo: Liberal? Conservative? Cubs Fan?

  18-09-2025 22:57 via nytimes.com
  Unlike Francis, Leo XIV has given few clues about where he stands on issues dividing the church (though he’s definitely a White Sox guy). Followers fill in the gaps.
  
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• 20 Years Ago, Alinea Electrified Chicago Dining. Does It Still Matter?

  16-09-2025 22:46 via nytimes.com
  At this famously innovative restaurant, our critic finds a mix of thought-provoking experiments and empty spectacle.
  
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• Costco Recalls Kirkland Prosecco, Citing Risk of Sudden Shattering

  16-09-2025 22:13 via nytimes.com
  The retailer said the unopened bottles should be wrapped in paper towels and placed in a plastic bag before being discarded.
  
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• After Trump’s Threat to Send National Guard to Chicago, Democrats Push Back

  25-08-2025 00:56 via nytimes.com
  President Trump said he was considering sending troops to Chicago, New York and Baltimore. State and local leaders say they have crime under control.
  
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• Trump Says Chicago and New York Are Next for Federal Crackdown on Crime

  24-08-2025 21:42 via nytimes.com
  President Trump wants to use Washington as a template to target crime in cities around the country.
  
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• In Washington Crackdown, Making a Federal Case Out of Low-Level Arrests

  24-08-2025 21:42 via nytimes.com
  A single afternoon in court illustrated the new ways in which laws are being enforced after President Trump’s takeover of the city’s police.
  
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• Judge Blocks Trump From Pulling Funding to 34 More ‘Sanctuary Cities’

  23-08-2025 14:49 via nytimes.com
  The order expanded a previous one in April that barred the Trump administration from withholding federal funding to 16 cities and counties over their local laws.
  
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• How Ambitious Democratic Governors Are Navigating Trump’s Redistricting War

  15-08-2025 11:02 via nytimes.com
  Some have emerged as a front line against Trump’s push to grab more seats in Congress, putting the issue at the center of their party’s politics. Others are ceding the spotlight.
  
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• Trump Questions Discrimination Claims, Even One His First Administration Brought

  05-08-2025 16:49 via nytimes.com
  The case against a Chicago mortgage lender has become a Rorschach test for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, epitomizing how the left and the right feel about the agency.
  
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• Los demócratas de Texas abandonan el estado para impedir que los republicanos redibujen el mapa político

  05-08-2025 00:58 via nytimes.com
  Al salir del estado, los demócratas podrían demorar varias semanas la votación sobre la reconfiguración del mapa. El gobernador amenazó con destituir a los legisladores que dejaron sus puestos si no regresaban antes del lunes.
  
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• Texas Democrats Leave State to Stop Republicans’ Redistricting Plan

  04-08-2025 22:13 via nytimes.com
  The walkout was a sharp escalation in the clash over a redistricting effort. Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to remove the lawmakers who left their posts if they did not return by Monday.
  
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• Canadian Wildfire Smoke Prompts Air Quality Alerts From Minneapolis to Toronto

  01-08-2025 02:21 via nytimes.com
  The smoke is expected to remain over the northern and central Plains of the United States for the next couple of days, according to meteorologists.
  
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• Thomas A. Durkin, Civil Liberties Lawyer for the Reviled, Dies at 78

  26-07-2025 15:02 via nytimes.com
  He relished skewering the U.S. government as he represented unpopular defendants in public corruption and national security cases, like those at Guantánamo.
  
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• Judge Dismisses Trump Administration Lawsuit Against Illinois Sanctuary Measures

  26-07-2025 02:09 via nytimes.com
  The Justice Department had sued the leaders of Illinois, Chicago and Cook County over policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration officials.
  
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• After Surge During Pandemic, Homicides Fall Significantly

  24-07-2025 17:35 via nytimes.com
  An analysis released Thursday by the Council on Criminal Justice shows that the majority of crimes the council tracks are continuing to decrease in 42 U.S. cities.
  
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• Here's Why There's So Much Flash Flooding in the U.S. Right Now

  21-07-2025 22:16 via nytimes.com
  July’s hot temperatures and moist air are the perfect ingredients for rain.
  
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• How ‘Gay’ Became an Identity in Art

  12-07-2025 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Two groundbreaking exhibitions in Chicago explore the shift in portrayals of same-sex attraction. They are being staged at a fraught moment.
  
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• Chef Curtis Duffy on His Restaurant Ever, ‘The Bear’ and Michelin Stars

  11-07-2025 18:35 via nytimes.com
  At his Chicago restaurant Ever, which played a supporting role in “The Bear,” the chef Curtis Duffy refines his story.
  
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• $900,000 Homes in New York, Illinois and Oregon

  09-07-2025 20:17 via nytimes.com
  An Italianate home in Kingston, a condo in Chicago and an expanded 1925 house in Salem.
  
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• Watch What 16 Mayors Say About Running a U.S. City Under Trump

  05-07-2025 00:01 via nytimes.com
  The New York Times interviewed these. mayors about President Trump, immigration and their lives outside City Hall.
  
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• Some Americans Are Protesting the Trump Administration on July 4

  05-07-2025 00:00 via nytimes.com
  While demonstrations from Washington to Los Angeles were largely festive, with food trucks and live music, protesters were determined to speak for their cause.
  
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• 4 Dead, 14 Injured in Chicago Shooting Outside River North Lounge

  04-07-2025 18:13 via nytimes.com
  Gunfire from a passing car ripped into a crowd of partygoers in the River North neighborhood, the police said.
  
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• Chicago Suburb Will Buy Pope Leo XIV’s Boyhood Home

  03-07-2025 01:24 via nytimes.com
  Officials in Dolton, Ill., called the purchase a rare opportunity. But some residents questioned whether the village, grappling with a deficit and potholes, could afford it.
  
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