Government shutdown to hit one-week mark after Senate again rejects competing funding bills

Senate again rejects competing funding bills from Democrats and Republicans as the shutdown is set to hit the one-week mark.

Trump Threatens Funding for Chicago, Portland in Shutdown Fight

The White House announced Friday it was withholding more than $2 billion for transportation projects in Chicago and examining ...

Trump hits Chicago with new shutdown funding block

The Trump administration is withholding $2.1 billion from Chicago infrastructure projects as it capitalizes on the federal ...

Protesters in Niles split over Chicago federal takeover, government shutdown, soybean export fallout

Supporters and protesters of President Trump took to Main Street in Niles on Monday to voice their opinions on a wide range ...

Will troops keep marching in, or could fed shutdown shut them out of Chicago?

Amid the federal government shutdown, will ICE enforcement actions, and a possible National Guard deployment, still move ...

Federal employees in Chicago brace for government shutdown impact, airports could be affected

Federal employees in Chicago are waiting to hear how they may be impacted by the 2025 government shutdown. Lawmakers in Washington, D.C. failed to agree on a spending package to keep the government ...
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What a federal government shutdown means for Chicago and Illinois

There are more than 153,000 federal employees in Illinois. Federal workers already experienced massive upheaval after federal ...

Politics chat: Trump renews his threats to Chicago, no end in sight for the shutdown

The White House is renewing threats to send military force to Chicago. Meanwhile there seems to be no progress in ending the federal government's shutdown.

Bid to end shutdown fails in Senate; Trump freezes aid to Chicago

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration froze $2.1 billion in Chicago transit funding on Friday, starving another ...