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Peoria festival honors Irish heritage and culture for 44th year
Week 25 - Illinois
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August 25, 2025
PEORIA (25News Now) -Peoria’s annual Irish Fest brought music, dancing, food, and traditional Irish activities to the city’s Riverfront for the 44th summer. The festival began in 1981 and has since drawn tens of thousands of people to the downtown...
US official confirms Pentagon planning National Guard deployment in Chicago, Mayor Johnson responds
ABC 7 Chicago - Illinois
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August 24, 2025
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A U.S. official confirmed to ABC News Sunday that the Pentagon is planning a possible deployment of National Guard forces in Chicago. Mayor Brandon Johnson says he's in contact with county and state officials, but says he's heard...
2nd City Gridiron Podcast and Video lineup for the 2025 Chicago Bears season
Windy City Gridiron - Illinois
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August 24, 2025
We’ve made it to the Chicago Bears’ 2025 season, so we wanted to introduce our in-season schedule for our 2nd City Gridiron podcast and video channels. Before we get into that, a reminder to please subscribe to our podcast feed wherever you get...
Who Is Brooke Henderson’s Boyfriend, Ricky Castro? Lifestyle, Career & More About LPGA Pro’s Partner
Essentially Sports
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August 24, 2025
Brooke Henderson has always kept her personal life away from the spotlight, even as she became Canada’s most successful golfer with 13 LPGA Tour titles. But on August 8, 2025, the 27-year-old finally gave fans a glimpse of her life off the course,...
Troops might be sent to Chicago: report
Taipei Times
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August 24, 2025
The Pentagon is working on plans to deploy the US military to Chicago as US President Donald Trump says he is cracking down on crime, homelessness and undocumented immigration, the Washington Post reported on Saturday. The US Department of Defense...
Black influencer says she’s behind Trump’s claim that ‘beautiful African-American ladies’ are begging for troops in Chicago
The Independent (U.S.)
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August 24, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Tyler Mislawchuk Impresses with Second Place at Supertri Chicago
Triathlon Magazine Canada
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August 24, 2025
Men’s Race Recap: Mislawchuk Delivers in Demanding Enduro Format Canada’s Tyler Mislawchuk delivered one of his strongest performances, racing with consistency, poise, and heart to secure second place at Supertri Chicago. The demanding Enduro...
Donald Trump proposes sending the National Guard to Chicago to tackle illegal immigration and violence
MARCA
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August 24, 2025
Every week, Donald Trump's name is linked to a new controversy or idea. This time, the US media outlet The Washington Post claims that the US president intends to send the National Guard to Chicago. His motives are several, but most are related to...
Trump administration planning to send National Guard to Chicago amid crime crackdown
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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August 24, 2025
Washington [US], August 25 (ANI): As part of US President Donald Trump's efforts to expand anti-crime and immigration crackdown, the administration has been planning for weeks to deploy the National Guard to Chicago, CNN reported, citing...
Illinois officials blast Trump's threat to deploy National Guard in Chicago
KAZU - California
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August 24, 2025
Chicago political leaders are slamming a suggestion made by President Trump late last week that he may soon send National Guard troops to the streets of the Midwest metropolis in order to combat crime. Mayor Brandon Johnson, a Democrat, said in a...
Trump has no basis to deploy troops to Chicago: Top Democratic US lawmaker
St. Kitts Gazette
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August 24, 2025
Democratic leaders in the United States are warning that President Donald Trump does not have the authority to deploy US troops to Chicago amid reports of administration plans to send National Guard soldiers to the Midwestern city. Trump, a...
Chicago military deployment would be ‘flagrant violation' of Constitution: Mayor
NBC 5 Chicago - Illinois
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August 24, 2025
As new reports emerge that the Pentagon is planning a military deployment in Chicago, the city’s mayor is calling such a move a “flagrant violation” of the Constitution. Dan Lamothe of the Washington Post reported this weekend that the Pentagon...
Officials have been planning for weeks to send National Guard to Chicago
WISH 8 - Indiana
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August 24, 2025
(CNN) — The Trump administration has been planning for weeks to send the National Guard to Chicago, two officials told CNN, as President Donald Trump looks to expand his anti-crime agenda and crackdown on immigration in major cities across the...
From Little Rock to L.A. to Chicago: Strong Presidents Act, Not Dictate
PJ Media - Virginia
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August 24, 2025
A Parable of the Broken Streetlight A main streetlight goes out in a neighborhood. As it always does, City Hall ignores the phone calls, despite the darkness inviting trouble, with cars being broken into, fights in the shadows, and parents afraid...
Family & kids event this week in East Central Illinois : Aug. 24-30
East Central Reporter - Illinois
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August 24, 2025
Rev. Dr. Kurt T. Kruger, Senior Pastor of Peace Community Church | Peace Community Church website Rev. Dr. Kurt T. Kruger, Senior Pastor of Peace Community Church | Peace Community Church website The following family & kids event is scheduled to...
Democrats Criticise Trump's Plans To Deploy Troops In Chicago, Baltimore: 'Has No Authority'
News18
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August 24, 2025
Last Updated:August 24, 2025, 22:36 IST Trump had already threatened to send National Guard troops to Chicago and New York, and he also threatened to deploy them in Baltimore to combat crime and illegal immigration. US President Donald Trump...
Want top marks for your child’s education in the US? Here’s why you’ll pay a premium for the postcode
The Times of India
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Rank School district Metro area Median price in district Median price surrounding metro Premium (%) 1 Carroll Independent School District Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas $2,159,833 $439,967 390.90% 2 Laguna Beach Unified School District Los...
Inside Illinois College of Optometry—an Illinois DOGE Profile
Chicago City Wire - Illinois
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August 24, 2025
Michael Chaglasian, Chief of Innovative Technology and Data Science | Illinois College of OptometryMichael Chaglasian, Chief of Innovative Technology and Data Science | Illinois College of Optometry Illinois College of Optometry, a tax-exempt...
Pentagon Has Been Planning Military Takeover of Chicago for Weeks as Trump Threatens Baltimore
Rolling Stone
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August 24, 2025
The Pentagon has been planning to send the military to Chicago for weeks, The Washington Post reported. The deployment would be part of Donald Trump‘s show of force against Democratically-run cities. The military’s actions in Chicago could then be...
Trump Planning Military Deployment To Chicago, Report Says
Block Club Chicago - Illinois
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August 24, 2025
CHICAGO — President Donald Trump’s military brass is planning a deployment of armed forces to Chicago, a move that Gov. JB Pritzker rebuked as unnecessary and an abuse of presidential power, according to the Washington Post. The Post reported...