‘Our president is listening’: Handful of Black MAGA activists in Chicago catch Trump’s eye • Trump says he won’t fund invasive carp barrier unless Pritzker ‘asks.’ But the money has already been set aside.
The Spin Wednesday, August 27, 2025 | | |
| | | | | The former Illinois GOP chairman might be little known outside state GOP circles, but Don Tracy is the most prominent name running for the open US Senate seat next year. | | | | | A small group of Black Trump supporters has turned up at most City Council meetings for over two years, speaking against Mayor Brandon Johnson and other Democrats. | | | | | A $1.15 billion project at the Brandon Road Lock and Dam on the Des Plaines River in Joliet will target silver and bighead carp. | | | | | Sixteen CPS schools are now Sustainable Community Schools, a title coming with $500,000 in funding and a community-led style of education. | | | | | The Chicago Board of Education is set to appoint a new board member the same day as a scheduled vote on a balanced budget for the school year. | | | | | Cardinal Blase Cupich called on those who hold power to “make the safety of our people a national priority” following Wednesday’s mass shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school. | | | | | Denmark’s foreign minister summoned the top U.S. diplomat in the country for talks after the main national broadcaster reported Wednesday that at least three people with connections to President Do… | | | | | The director of the nation’s top public health agency is out after less than one month in the job, and several top agency leaders have resigned. | | | |
