Federal immigration agents part of the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” may soon leave Chicago, according to multiple sources who said the controversial mission was rapidly winding down after a contentious two months of enforcement raids that have set the city and suburbs on edge. Cmdr. Gregory Bovino, the top official on the ground leading…
The Illinois governor, JB Pritzker, made more than $1.4m while gambling in Las Vegas last year, according to federal tax filings released by his campaign team. Pritzker, already a billionaire with a family net worth of $41.6bn, who is widely seen as a potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidate, won the money after playing blackjack at…
CBS News Live CBS News Chicago Live In a Truth Social post on Wednesday, President Trump said Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker “should be in jail.” “Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] Officers!” Mr. Trump posted. “Governor Pritzker also!” Arrests, raids and protests have become…
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said on Sunday evening that President Donald Trump has ordered National Guard members from Texas to be deployed to Illinois. In a post on X, Pritzker said that 400 members of the Texas National Guard will be deployed to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the U.S. “No officials from the federal…
CHICAGO — President Donald Trump authorized a historic federalized deployment of 300 National Guard members Saturday to the Chicago area over the objections of Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker, with the White House saying it was needed to protect federal officers and assets conducting immigration enforcement amid “ongoing violent riots and lawlessness.” But Pritzker and the…
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said in a statement on Saturday that the Trump administration intends to federalize 300 Illinois National Guard members after he was offered an ultimatum on troop deployment. “This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will,” he said. “It is absolutely…
CHICAGO (WLS) — The Trump administration is looking to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard, Gov. JB Pritzker said in a statement on Saturday. Pritzker said the Department of War gave him an ultimatum, telling him to call up the troops himself. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch “This…
Gov. Pritzker accuses President Trump of treason Gov. Pritzker accuses President Trump of treason 01:02 Taking aim at President Trump and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker delivered a powerful speech Friday night at the Democratic Party of Georgia’s annual Carter-Lewis fundraising dinner in Atlanta. Pritzker accused the president of treason. “Trump’s…
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker defiant as Trump threatens to send military to Chicago over crime – CBS News Watch CBS News Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says he’s making every effort to stop President Trump from using the military to “invade states.” But the White House claims the National Guard is needed to stop violent crime…
The Pentagon has been planning for weeks to deploy military troops in Chicago as part of President Donald Trump‘s plan to crack down on crime, homelessness, and undocumented immigration, according to a Washington Post report published Saturday. Military officials are sketching out a plan that could deploy a few thousand National Guard members, with the…