Chicago school board investigates media leaks, to no avail • Pope Leo XIV: 10 poignant moments from the Chicago native’s historic 1st year
The Spin Friday, May 8, 2026 | | |
| | | | | The former transportation secretary and South Bend mayor, Pete Buttigieg spoke before more than 1,000 people attending the annual summit of Code for America at a South Loop hotel. | | | | | A law firm hired by the Chicago Board of Education has come up empty in its effort to identify the sources of two media leaks, one of which revealed the names of finalists in the district’s CEO search last fall. | | | | | As the first year of of Pope Leo XIV’s historic pontificate comes to a close, here are 10 milestone moments from the Chicago native’s nascent papacy. | | | | | President Donald Trump’s continuing criticisms – and Pope Leo’s increasingly bold retorts – overshadowed Friday’s anniversary of Leo’s election. | | | | | The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday struck down a voter-approved Democratic congressional redistricting plan, delivering another major setback to the party in a nationwide battle against Republicans for an edge in this year’s midterm elections. | | | | | A national redistricting battle over U.S. House seats swung toward Republicans on Friday, as a Virginia court invalidated a Democratic gerrymandering effort and Republicans in Alabama approved plans for new primary elections if courts allow GOP-drawn House districts to be used in the November midterm elections. | | | | | A Utah judge is set to decide Friday if news outlets can continue to film, photograph and livestream the high-profile murder case against the man charged with killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk. | | | | | Libyan Dr. Faysal Alghoula must renew his green card to continue caring for roughly 1,000 patients in southwestern Indiana, but hasn’t been able to since the Trump administration stopped reviewing applications for people from several dozen countries it deemed high-risk. | | | |