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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — In the vaulted church of a Catholic school in Minneapolis, the pews were packed with teachers, parents and schoolchildren listening to a psalm on the third day of the new school year. “For you darkness itself is not dark, and night shines as the day,” a church member read to some 200 students Wednesday morning as sun …

Facebook Tweet Email Link The Trump administration is preparing to conduct a major immigration enforcement operation in Chicago as soon as next week, according to multiple sources familiar with the planning, marking the latest escalation between the president and a Democratic-led city. President Donald Trump and his aides have repeatedly slammed Chicago over policies that limit cooperation between local authorities …

Gov. Jared Polis said Thursday he will reverse the state’s plans to increase reimbursement rates for health care providers who see Medicaid recipients to help address a roughly $750 million hole in the state budget caused by the Republican federal tax and spending bill.  That will save the state about $38 million by forgoing a planned 1.6% rate hike. That’s the …

Kennedy says CDC must deliver on Trump’s agenda after White House fires director  Reuters C.D.C. Standoff: Kennedy’s Push to Fire Director Devolves Into Chaos  The New York Times White House says new CDC director nominee to be announced ‘very soon’ – US politics live  The Guardian Monarez would not cross ‘red lines’ before she was fired, confidant says  Politico The ouster of CDC’s director, …

Facebook Tweet Email Link The surge in federal law enforcement in Washington, DC, has “enhanced” the capacity of local police officers and led to fewer crimes, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser said this week while adding that it had also contributed to a “break in trust” between police and residents. The mayor’s comments – which come nearly three weeks after President …

RFK Jr. bashes CDC after firing of director, resignation of key leaders  The Washington Post C.D.C. Standoff: Kennedy’s Push to Fire Director Devolves Into Chaos  The New York Times CDC leaders who resigned were escorted out of agency  CNN Monarez would not cross ‘red lines’ before she was fired, confidant says  Politico CDC director Susan Monarez fired by Trump administration after refusing to resign  NBC …

Atlanta Journal-Constitution to Quit Print Cold Turkey  The New York Times The Atlanta Journal-Constitution will stop printing newspapers on December 31  CNN From the Publisher: A new chapter for the AJC  AJC.com Atlanta Journal-Constitution will cease publishing print newspaper at end of year  11Alive.com Atlanta Journal-Constitution to end print edition this year  Axios Source link

Scoop: Inside Trump’s Gaza meeting with Tony Blair and Jared Kushner  Axios Blair joins White House meeting with Trump on post-war Gaza  BBC Trump chairs Gaza meeting; Israel faces pressure over hospital strikes  NBC News Trump and Advisers, Including Kushner, Meet on Gaza’s Future  The New York Times Trump hosts meeting on postwar Gaza  DW Source link

Chicago prepares for National Guard to come in  Politico Chicago’s top cop explains how CPD will respond if National Guard deploys  NBC 5 Chicago Trump administration asks military base outside Chicago for support on immigration operations  FOX 32 Chicago Trump’s planned Chicago blitz would use naval base to house ICE agents, possibly National Guard  Chicago Sun-Times Pritzker says ‘action will be met with a …

I first started blogging for Weather Underground, the weather service I founded, in the spring of 2005. For the first few months, it was a slow time for interesting weather events, and I had trouble finding topics to write about. I was relieved when June 2005 brought two Atlantic tropical storms to discuss. But as July brought an unprecedented five …