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Dept. of Homeland Security: WGN video editor ‘arrested for throwing objects at law enforcement’

By Chicago City Wire News Service | Oct 11, 2025

The Department of Homeland Security said that Debbie Brockman, a video editor for Chicago television station WGN, was arrested Friday morning after Brockman threw objects at federal law enforcement officers during an illegal alien enforcement operation in the city’s Lincoln Square neighborhood.

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Cortes on Johnson’s ‘ICE-Free Zones’ Order: Mayor ‘gives sanctuary to criminal illegal aliens’ while impeding law enforcement

By Chicago City Wire News Service | Oct 7, 2025

Steve Cortes, a Chicagoland native and president of the League of American Workers (LAW), said Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) is prioritizing the protection of criminal illegal aliens “over the law-abiding citizens of Chicago.”

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National, Illinois FOP condemn Chicago police for reportedly blocking officers from assisting ICE agents under attack

By Chicago City Wire News Service | Oct 6, 2025

The National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) and the Illinois State FOP issued a joint statement today condemning the Chicago Police Department for reportedly ordering officers not to assist U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents who were under threat during an incident in the city.

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ICE: Drone footage shows Chicago protestors ‘obstructing the duties of our officers’

By Chicago City Wire News Service | Oct 4, 2025

U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said drone footage showed anti-law enforcement protestors “obstructing the duties” of the agency’s federal officers.

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Proft: “Pritzker is every bit the race-hustling, defund-the-police demagogue as the most virulent pro-violence Leftists”

By Chicago City Wire News Service | Oct 4, 2025

Dan Proft, hosted of Chicago’s Morning Answer on AM 560, said Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) is a “defund-the-police demagogue” who provides political cover for violent offenders.

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IL Illegal Alien Arrest Series: El Salvadoran rapist, fraudster arrested by ICE in Chicago

By Chicago City Wire News Service | Oct 2, 2025

Cristobal Carias Masin, a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador with convictions for statutory rape, fraud, and aggravated felony, was arrested in Chicago as part of a statewide federal enforcement effort. He also faces pending charges of assault and failure to register as a sex offender

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Alderman Reilly: Preckwinkle, Johnson ‘’can’t help but let slip their indifference toward crime victims’

By Chicago City Wire News Service | Sep 17, 2025

Chicago Alderman Brendan Reilly (42nd), candidate for Cook County Board President, said current Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Chicago Mayor Brendan Johnson have an indifference to crime victims.

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American Majority Founder: ‘Chicago is the poster child of Leviathan’s failure’

By Chicago City Wire News Service | Sep 17, 2025

Ned Ryun, founder of American Majority, said it is intentional that Chicago is the “poster child” for failure.

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City of Chicago hires Mass.-based Pawa Law Group on contingency fee contract to sue Monsanto, FOIA records show

By Chicago City Wire News Service | Jul 19, 2025

The City of Chicago has hired the environmental litigation firm Pawa Law Group, based in Massachusetts, to represent it in a lawsuit against Monsanto Co. and related defendants, according to a contingency fee engagement letter obtained through a public records request by Chicago City Wire.

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City of Chicago hires Motley Rice on contingency fee contract to sue Glock, FOIA records show

By Chicago City Wire News Service | Jul 16, 2025

The City of Chicago has retained the national plaintiffs’ law firm Motley Rice LLC on a contingency-fee basis to assist with litigation against Glock, Inc., according to documents obtained via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by Chicago City Wire.

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‘Pakistan is a resilient nation actively working to overcome’ security threats, economic instability, senior military advisor writes in Chicago Tribune

By Chicago City Wire News Service | Dec 19, 2024

A former senior U.S. military advisor said that, despite misperceptions and news reports, Pakistan is actively working to overcome security threats and bring economic stability to the country.

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IL GOP National Committeeman: 'Let’s consider how to revive Chicago and make it into a good and great city'

By Chicago City Wire News Service | Mar 21, 2024

Following is an address given by Richard Porter, the National Committeeman of the Republican Party of Illinois and retired partner at Kirkland & Ellis, during his acceptance of the Chicago Sunday Evening Club's "Clifford Barnes Award" on March 12, 2024 at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago.

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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, a Chicago native, apologizes for sending ‘Electeds of Color Holiday Party’ invites to White city council members

By Chicago City Wire News Service | Dec 14, 2023

Boston, Mass. Mayor Michelle Wu, a native of Chicago and graduate of Barrington, Ill. High School, is facing criticism over her office sending out invitations to members of the Boston City Council to attend a “Elected of Color Holiday Party.”

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Chair of Chicago’s 2024 DNC Convention linked to one of the groups receiving $50 million from Soros foundation

By Chicago City Wire News Service | Dec 5, 2023

Chicago native Minyon Moore, chair of the 2024 Democratic National Convention, is on the board of a group receiving part of a $50 million contribution the Open Society Foundations.

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Dr. Leonard Sax: Parents who let kids make ‘all the big choices from a early age’ are making ‘a big mistake’

By Chicago City Wire News Service | Nov 15, 2023

Family physician, psychologist, and renowned author Dr. Leonard Sax said parents who are not exercising their authority and choosing instead to “let kids decide" are making "a big mistake.”

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Proft: ‘Sex is not assigned by a doctor, it’s determined by God’

By Chicago City Wire News Service | Nov 12, 2023

Chicago radio and podcast host Dan Proft, in discussing polling that shows opposition to boys playing girls sports, aid that “sex is not assigned bye a doctor, it’s determined by God.”

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Shelby Steele: ‘Slavery' was not as 'insidious’ as racial segregation on today's college campuses

By Chicago City Wire News Service | Oct 31, 2023

Author and filmmaker Shelby Steele said modern-day racial segregation on college campuses is not as "insidious" as slavery.

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'18 Mt. Carmel H.S. grad helps power Arizona Diamondbacks to World Series

By Chicago City Wire News Service | Oct 25, 2023

2018 Mt. Carmel High School graduate Alek Thomas, whose dad was a 28-year strength and conditioning coach for the Chicago White Sox, was a big part of the Arizona Diamondbacks run to the 2023 World Series.

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Proft: Abortion is ‘ultimately going to be’ a political, not spiritual, battle

By Chicago City Wire News Service | Oct 4, 2023

Radio host and podcaster Dan Proft said that abortion is ultimately a “political war.”

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Mayor's race: Which Chicago precincts turned out to vote like last November?

By Chicago City Wire News Service | Mar 14, 2023

Of 1,291 Chicago precincts, 29 saw voter turnout in the Feb. 28 Mayoral General Election that was even or higher than for last November’s statewide election.