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Congress remained deadlocked on legislation to reopen the federal government, as the US Senate on Tuesday again rejected a Republican plan to end the government shutdown that began two weeks ago. The eighth Senate vote to advance a Republican bill that would fund government operations through 21 November failed on a 49-45 tally – far short of the 60 needed …

Now in the third week of the partial government shutdown, tensions are rising rapidly over the impending wave of reductions in force across federal agencies. In the aftermath of several agencies’ RIF announcements late last week, federal employees joined with Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday in Washington, D.C., to blast the planned layoffs. With a view of the Office of Management …

Federal agents fired tear gas at a crowd during a tense standoff in East Side, Chicago following a car crash Tuesday. A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said border patrol agents were in the city when someone rammed into one of their cars, setting off a chase.  Chicago police said their officers responded to the 10500 block of South Avenue …

Johnson defends administration’s move to keep military paid during shutdown The House speaker has said that the Trump administration has “every right” to move around the “duly appropriated dollars from Congress to the Department of Defense”. The Pentagon and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has said that unspent funds from research and development accounts will be used to …

Illinois lawmakers look at limiting federal immigration agents as Broadview shrinks designated protest area  Chicago Tribune Growing number of US veterans face arrest over Ice raid protests  The Guardian How Broadview, a sleepy Chicago suburb, became a hot-spot for ICE immigration protests  NBC News Broadview mayor places new restrictions on demonstrators at ICE facility, Illinois House Speaker calls for fence to come down  WGN-TV …

Federal officers detain a person while members of the community and activists protest near the 3900 block of South Kedzie Avenue, Oct. 4, in Chicago. Armando L. Sanchez/Tribune News Service hide caption toggle caption Armando L. Sanchez/Tribune News Service There are countless videos on social media showing similar scenes. One, filmed by a photographer in Hyattsville, Md., shows a man …

NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of federal employees working on mental health services, disease outbreaks and disaster preparedness were among those hit by the Trump administration’s mass firings over the weekend, current and laid-off workers said Monday, as the administration aimed to pressure Democratic lawmakers to give in and end the nearly two-week-long government shutdown. The government-wide reduction-in-force initiative that …

Trump fires federal workers in California as part of shutdown layoffs  Sacramento Bee Vance warns ‘deeper’ cuts ahead for federal workers as shutdown enters 12th day  Federal News Network Federal employees in mental health and disease control were among targets in weekend firings  AP News Trump slashes mental health agency as shutdown drags on  NPR Historic wave of retirements is putting huge strains on …

ALBANY PARK — Federal agents deployed tear gas in Albany Park Sunday as residents chased off agents who were trying to detain a neighbor. Gabriel Paez and his wife, Megan Dougherty, were returning home from brunch Sunday afternoon when they saw two armed federal agents confronting a neighbor on the sidewalk. The couple, who live near Wilson and Sawyer avenues, …

During Vince Micone’s 25-year federal career, he liked to run to help relieve stress and get away from the challenges of being an executive. When he was in the middle of a partial government shutdown, Micone, who served in senior executive roles at the departments of Labor, Homeland Security and Commerce during his career, said his daily exercise became even …