CHICAGO — Federal agents handcuffed Humboldt Park-area Ald. Jessie Fuentes (26th) as she confronted them Friday at Humboldt Park Hospital. Agents handcuffed Fuentes, forced her out of the hospital and threatened her with arrest, Fuentes told a Block Club reporter. The agents appeared to be with ICE, she said. “It shows just how much this is escalating,” said Fuentes, who …
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This is part of our series of daily recaps of ICE activity in the Chicago region. Have a tip we should check out? Email newsroom@blockclubchi.org. BROADVIEW — Federal agents led by border patrol Chief Greg Bovino attacked protesters Friday morning outside the suburban Broadview ICE facility. At one point, a Block Club reporter saw an agent put his hands on …
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Three converging events in the 1970s – the Watergate scandal, the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from the Vietnam War and revelations that FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover had abused his power to persecute people and organizations he viewed as political enemies – destroyed what formerly had been near-automatic trust in the presidency and the FBI. In response, Congress enacted reforms designed …
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Bad Bunny didn’t include the United States in his latest tour out of fear that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would raid the concert venues. Now it looks like ICE agents will come to the only stage where the Puerto Rican hitmaker will perform in the country next year: Super Bowl LX. Three days after the NFL announced that Bad …
Read More »The annus horribilis for those of us still invested in the FBI’s integrity continues apace. The most recent wound opened roughly two weeks ago with a series of events roundly condemned by most segments of the political commentariat. Erik Siebert was the acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and he previously supported the Trumpian changes afflicting the …
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The NFL’s selection of Bad Bunny to perform at the Super Bowl LX halftime show has quickly become a political football. While the man at the top of the administration has yet to chime in directly, another key government official has addressed the situation. Via KTLA.com, Department of Homeland Security special adviser Corey Lewandowski took issue on Wednesday with the …
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As Bad Bunny is poised to make history as the first Super Bowl halftime artist to perform solely in Spanish, Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski warned that ICE agents will be present at the national event. During an interview for Benny Johnson’s series “The Benny Show,” the host asked Lewandowski if “ICE will have enforcement at the Super Bowl …
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Never ones to not try to ruin a good time, Donald Trump‘s Homeland Security plan to swarm Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX Halftime performance, the right-hand man to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem promised today. “I don’t care if it’s a concert for Johnny Smith or Bad Bunny or anybody else,” Corey Lewandowski told Benny Johnson on the latter’s podcast Wednesday …
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Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski appeared on Benny Johnson’s web interview series “The Benny Show” and warned that ICE agents will be present at the 2026 Super Bowl, where Bad Bunny is set to perform the Halftime Show. Notably, the Halftime Show, presented by Apple Music, is Bad Bunny’s only U.S. concert appearance that’s set for 2026 at …
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Several talent agents are interested in signing Tilly Norwood, according to Deadline. Problem is, Tilly Norwood isn’t a real person. She’s an AI creation from Eline Van der Velden, a Dutch comedian and technologist who developed the “actress” with her production company, Particle6, through its new AI talent studio offshoot called Xicoia. At the Zurich Summit this past weekend, Van …
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