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| Good afternoon, Chicago. President Donald Trump called for Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson to be jailed today, a dramatic rhetorical escalation as he tries to flood the city with federal agents and National Guard troops against the wishes of the local elected officials. “Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!” Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social. Pritzker and Johnson quickly fired back with responses to Trump, as the country’s attention centers upon the city. Here’s what else is happening today. And remember, for the latest breaking news in Chicago, visit chicagotribune.com/latest-headlines and sign up to get our alerts on all your devices. Subscribe to more newsletters | Asking Eric | Horoscopes | Puzzles & Games | Today in History
news  A demonstrator adjusts a combined U.S.-Mexico flag draped over her back while standing outside
a fenced-in Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility at 1930 Beach St. on Sept. 26, 2025, in Broadview. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) Charges dropped against couple in Broadview immigration protest after federal grand jury refuses to indictA federal grand jury has refused to indict a Chicago couple arrested during a violent protest outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview last month, a rare move that prompted prosecutors to abruptly drop the case and signals government overreach in bringing the charges in the first place.
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business  Lake Forest Hospital in a 2019 file photo. (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press) Northwestern’s Lake Forest Hospital gets a new name, after Ken Griffin giftThe hospital will now be called Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital, after Griffin’s mother who used to lived in Lake Forest.
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sports  Chicago Bears cornerback Kyler Gordon (6) runs with the ball after catching a pass during training camp at Halas Hall on July 29, 2025, in Lake Forest. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune) What we learned from the Chicago Bears, including Kyler Gordon’s status and more injury news coming off the byeThe Bears could get a boost with defensive end Austin Booker and running back Travis Homer returning to practice. Both could be poised for a return from injured reserve.
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eat. watch. do.  Tonika Johnson stands in front of her work, “The Folded Map” project, which compares North Side addresses with their South Side equivalent, at Englewood Branded on Nov. 6, 2019. (Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune) MacArthur 2025 ‘genius grant’ winners include a Chicago photographerThis morning, a small number of people have had their lives changed. This year, there are 22 of them, a group that has been formally announced as recipients of the 2025 MacArthur Fellowships, those so-called genius grants.
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nation & world  Bishop of El Paso Mark Joseph Seitz talks with the Associated Press about the situation at the US border with Mexico during an interview at the Vatican, Oct. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Silvia Stellacci) El Paso bishop brings Pope Leo XIV desperate letters from migrants in crosshairs of US crackdownThe Texas bishop on the front lines of the U.S. immigration crackdown met with Pope Leo XIV today and brought him a packet of letters from immigrant families “terrorized” by fear that they and their loved ones will be rounded up and deported as the Trump administration’s tactics grow increasingly combative.
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