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Illinois opens financial aid to all residents, including ILLEGALS
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a new law allowing all Illinois residents, including undocumented immigrants, to apply for and receive state financial aid for college, such as grants and scholarships. This change works alongside a new "One...

Immigrants should be loyal to America first | Letter
An Aug. 17 letter regarding gubernatorial Bobby Charles (“Maine’s non-American heritage is obviously worth celebrating“) celebrates how immigrants have enriched America, and the letter writer is right regarding groups that have assimilated....
Chicago 'probably next' in line for military crackdown - report
By David Shepardson and Ismail Shakil and Idrees Ali, Reuters At Trump's request, three Republican governors said they were sending hundreds of national guard troops to Washington, DC (file image). Photo: AFP / MANDEL NGAN Options include...

Chicago Retirees Master AI Tools for Poetry, Genealogy, and Career Boost
In a sunlit community center in suburban Chicago, a group of retirees gathered for what might seem an unlikely pursuit: mastering artificial intelligence. Far from the stereotypical image of tech-averse baby boomers, these seniors—many in their...
Pentagon planning Chicago military deployment as Trump targets undocumented immigration The Pentagon is working to deploy the military to Chicago as President Trump says he is targeting crime, homelessness and undocumented immigration. Read More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Pentagon is working on plans to deploy the U.S. military to Chicago as President Donald Trump says he is cracking down on crime, homelessness and undocumented immigration, the Washington Post reported on Saturday. The...

Stop Censoring Palestine: A public call for accountability at the Harvard Education Publishing Group
Editor’s Note: Over 700 education scholars and practitioners from over 30 countries and 160 universities have signed the open letter below are calling out censorship by the Harvard Education Publishing Group in response to their recent...

Trump's controversial D.C. crime crackdown has Stephen Miller at its core Stephen Miller has been by Trump's side for most of the last 10 years, battling border security and culture wars. Read More »
Stephen Miller has been by President Trump’s side for most of the last 10 years of the president’s political career, taking center stage on some of the president’s biggest battles – from border security to culture wars. The crackdown on crime in...

Izzy Martínez built a wrestling empire in Chicago. Can he take the sport mainstream?
The tenets of Izzy Style Wrestling are displayed with prominence inside the suburban Chicago gym where Israel “Izzy” Martínez has molded legions of kids into believers, and the best of them into champions. The principles hang on a banner amid the...

Pentagon May Send Thousands of Federal Troops to Chicago as Early as September
As the Pentagon reportedly plans a military deployment to Chicago as early as September, local officials are saying they will fight in the courts and on the streets any effort by the Trump administration to send federal law enforcement to the...

Pentagon readies plans to deploy troops in Chicago following Trump DC takeover: report
The Pentagon has been planning a potential military deployment in Chicago for the past several weeks. According to officials who spoke with the Washington Post, troops could be deployed to the third-largest U.S. city as early as September. The...

Trump ‘manufactured crisis’ to justify plan to send national guard to Chicago, leading Democrat says
Donald Trump has “manufactured a crisis” to justify the notion of sending federalized national guard troops into Chicago next, over the heads of local leaders, a leading Democrat said on Sunday, as the White House advanced plans to militarize more...

Trump eyes Chicago for National Guard troop deployment
The Pentagon is preparing to deploy thousands of National Guard troops to Chicago as Trump faces declining approval ratings and mounting criticism over his domestic military strategy. Pentagon officials have been developing plans for weeks that...

'An Abuse of Power': Trump's Chicago Military Takeover Slammed by Illinois Governor—Other States Could Be Next
Donald Trump has sparked outrage by announcing plans to deploy military troops to Chicago as part of a crackdown on crime, homelessness, and illegal immigration in Democrat-run cities—just weeks after sending 2,000 National Guard troops to...

Trump has no basis to deploy troops to Chicago: Democratic leader
US President Donald Trump does not have the authority to deploy troops to Chicago, Democratic House of Representatives Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries said on Sunday as the Pentagon carried out initial planning for a possible deployment. Trump, a...

Trump Plans To Deploy National Guard Troops In Chicago — Reports
The Trump administration has been planning for weeks to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago as part of an expanded crackdown on crime and immigration, according to reports in US media. The Pentagon has been sketching out plans that could...
Trump plans to deploy several thousand National Guard troops in Chicago
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION has been planning for weeks to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago as part of an expanded crackdown on crime and immigration, according to reports in US media. The Pentagon has been sketching out plans that could...

Leftists Freak Out as President Trump Reportedly Plans to Send Military to Chicago, Including Possibly ACTIVE DUTY Forces
Credit: Gage Skidmore/Flickr If anyone thought President Trump was bluffing when he said “Chicago is next” after cracking down on crime in DC, they are in for a rude awakening. As The Gateway Pundit’s Jordan Conradson reported, Trump on Friday...

Trump has no basis to deploy troops to Chicago, Democratic leader Jeffries says
By Idrees Ali (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump does not have the authority to deploy troops to Chicago, Democratic House of Representatives Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries said on Sunday as the Pentagon carried out initial planning for a...

Carbondale Community High School District 165 Board of Education met July. 16
Carbondale Community High School District 165 Board of Education met July. 16 Here are the minutes provided by the board: The regular rescheduled meeting of the Board of Education of School District 165 was held in the Cafeteria of Carbondale...

Trump Eyes Chicago After DC | Pentagon Considers Military Deployment
The Pentagon is weighing options to send U.S. military forces, including thousands of National Guard troops, to Chicago as Donald Trump expands his crackdown on crime, immigration, and homelessness. After Washington DC, Trump hinted Chicago could...