Wednesday, October 8, 2025
President Donald Trump has activated the Illinois and Texas National Guards to deploy to the Chicago area. The administration says the troops will protect federal property and immigration agents who are carrying out Trump’s deportation campaign here. Illinois’ governor and Chicago’s mayor have denounced the deployments as an “invasion,” and are suing to block them.
Following an unprecedented surge in election-related litigation, the Supreme Court on Wednesday will consider reviving a lawsuit challenging an Illinois law that allows officials to count mail-in ballots received within two weeks of election day.
Federal immigration agents illegally arrested nearly two dozen people earlier this year without warrants in violation of a 2022 consent decree, a federal judge in Chicago ruled late Tuesday.
Sworn testimony from former Mayor Richard M. Daley regarding torture tactics used by detectives working for disgraced Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge will remain out of the public view, at least for now.
Illinois lawmakers will return to Springfield next week hoping to resolve a major unchecked box from the spring: Keep the trains in Chicago running.