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CHICAGO (WLS) — A U.S. official confirmed to ABC News Sunday that the Pentagon is drafting plans for the potential use of National Guard troops in Chicago. A Pentagon spokesperson said “We won’t speculate on further operations. The Department is a planning organization and is continuously… working with other agency partners on plans to protect federal assets and personnel.” Mayor …

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson attends a press conference in January. On Friday, Johnson called President Trump’s threat to send the National Guard to Chicago “uncoordinated, uncalled for, and unsound.” Scott Olson/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images North America Chicago political leaders are slamming a suggestion made by President Trump late last week that he may …

President Donald Trump threatened to remove D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) if she does not “get her act straight.” Trump escalated his attacks on Bowser in recent days after he ordered a federal takeover of Washington, D.C. earlier this month. He has repeatedly accused her of falsifying crime statistics of the nation’s capital despite presenting no evidence for his claim. …

CHICAGO – In response to President Trump’s renewed threats to illegally deploy the National Guard to Chicago, Mayor Brandon Johnson issued the following statement:  “We take President Trump’s statements seriously, but to be clear the City has not received any formal communication from the Trump administration regarding additional federal law enforcement or military deployments to Chicago.  Certainly, we have grave …

NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez today announced that DOT has granted Waymo its first-ever permit to begin testing a limited number of autonomous vehicles (AV) in parts of Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn under the nation’s strictest AV safety rules, including a requirement to have a …

The Minnesota DFL vacated its endorsement of State Sen. Omar Fateh for Minneapolis mayor after a review panel found glaring flaws in the voting process. A flurry of challenges were submitted to the state DFL in the wake of last month’s Minneapolis DFL Convention, pointing out issues with the electronic voting system and questioning whether a quorum was present for …

Facebook Tweet Email Link A Minnesota Democratic committee on Thursday revoked the party’s endorsement of mayoral candidate Omar Fateh, a democratic socialist challenging the incumbent Democratic mayor of Minneapolis. Fateh was the top delegate winner at Minneapolis’ Democratic Farmer-Labor Party convention last month. “After a thoughtful and transparent review of the challenges, the Constitution, Bylaws & Rules Committee found substantial …

4:31 p.m. – The local party’s endorsement raised Omar Fateh’s profile and drew comparisons with New York lawmaker and fellow democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, who won the mayoral primary in New York City. In recent years in Minneapolis, the DSA has gone from a fringe group to a major insurgent wing of the party — and more traditional DFLers have …

Mayor Eric Adams’ former top adviser took bribes tied to an array of high-profile projects that required City Hall approval, including migrant shelters, real estate developments and a major street safety redesign, Manhattan prosecutors said Thursday. Ingrid Lewis-Martin is accused in four separate indictments of accepting more than $75,000 in bribes while she served as the second-most-powerful official in local …

Todd Lyons, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, vowed to “flood the zone” with federal immigration enforcement in Boston while Mayor Michelle Wu promised to stand her ground. “Sanctuary does not mean safer streets. It means more criminal aliens out and about in the neighborhood. One hundred percent you will see a larger ICE presence,” Lyons said during …