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RFK Jr. Faces Senate Scrutiny After CDC Shake-Up

By Berkeley Lovelace Jr., Ben Kamisar, Sahil Kapur and Frank Thorp V Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. heads to Capitol Hill for testimony Thursday, a week after Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez was fired and a series of vaccine-related decisions drew criticism from lawmakers, including Senate health committee chair, Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La. Monarez’s firing led several senior CDC officials to resign and fueled a staff protest outside the agency’s Atlanta headquarters last week. In a scathing editorial in The New York Times on Monday, nine former CDC directors called Kennedy “dangerous” and said his actions are “unlike anything our country has

Judge Blocks Trump’s Military Use in California Cities

By Dietrich Knauth and Tom Hals A federal judge on Tuesday blocked U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration from using the military to fight crime in California, as the Republican president threatened to send troops to more U.S. cities including Chicago. San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer found that the Trump administration willfully violated a law known as the Posse Comitatus Act, which sharply limits the use of the military for domestic enforcement, by employing troops to control crowds and bolster federal agents during immigration and drug raids. The administration deployed 4,000 National Guard members and 700 active-duty U.S. Marines to Los Angeles in June.

Illinois Honors HBCU Alum Jesse White With Building Name

A Landmark Tribute to an HBCU Alum Illinois has officially renamed one of its most important state buildings after a proud HBCU graduate: Jesse White, an alumnus of Alabama State University. The building, now known as the Jesse White State of Illinois Building, stands at 115 South LaSalle Street in downtown Chicago and houses more than 15 state agencies, including the Secretary of State’s headquarters and the Attorney General’s Chicago offices. This honor is more than just a name change. It’s a permanent reminder of White’s groundbreaking career in politics, his service to Illinois, and his roots at an HBCU that helped shape

Judge Rules Trump Violated Law With LA Troop Deployment

By Alicia Victoria Lozano, Ryan J. Reilly and Megan Lebowitz A federal judge in California ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration violated a 19th-century law barring the use of soldiers for civilian law enforcement activities when it mobilized 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles in June. “The evidence at trial established that Defendants systematically used armed soldiers (whose identity was often obscured by protective armor) and military vehicles to set up protective perimeters and traffic blockades, engage in crowd control, and otherwise demonstrate a military presence in and around Los Angeles,” U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco said in

Chicago Mayor Rejects Trump Troop Threat at Labor Day Rally

By Gloria Oladipo As Labor Day rallies took place across the US, the Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson sharply denounced the Trump administration’s threat to deploy federal troops to the city as part of an immigration crackdown. “No federal troops in the city of Chicago,” said Johnson on Monday to a gathered crowd at the “Workers over Billionaires” demonstration in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood. Johnson added: “We’re going to defend our democracy … we’re going to protect the humanity of every single person in the city of Chicago.” Johnson later led the crowd in chants of “No troops in Chicago” and “Invest in Chicago”,

Trump Demands Pfizer, Pharma Release Full Covid Drug Data

By Doha Madani President Donald Trump demanded that pharmaceutical companies release data pertaining to the success rates of their Covid “drugs” in order to clear up the what he called a discrepancy “mess” over the products, though some information already appears to be available. In a Truth Social post on Monday, Trump wrote that he’s seen “extraordinary” information “from Pfizer, and others” that has never been released to the public. He expressed skepticism as to why the data has not been released despite the division over the success of Covid “drugs.” “They show me GREAT numbers and results, but they don’t seem to

Trump Plans Immigration Crackdown in Chicago with ICE

By Julia Ainsley and Laura Strickler Federal authorities plan to surge agents to Chicago starting next week to scale up operations to arrest unauthorized immigrants, two federal law enforcement officials told NBC News on Thursday. The plans involve Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Border Patrol and other federal agencies, the officials said. Chicago, a Democratic-run city, has policies that keep local police from asking about immigration status, which is a federal matter. The city does not partner with ICE and says doing so would harm efforts by local police to fight crime by making people afraid to contact or cooperate with officers. The

Fed Governor Lisa Cook Sues Trump Over Attempted Removal

By Steve Kopack Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook sued President Donald Trump on Thursday, the beginning of a landmark legal battle over what she calls Trump’s “unprecedented and illegal” efforts to remove her from the central bank and the committee that makes decisions about the nation’s interest rates. Cook also seeks an emergency temporary restraining order that would remain in effect “until such time as the Court can further consider the merits of her claims.” In her lawsuit, Cook seeks a “declaration that President Trump’s August 25, 2025 purported firing … is unlawful and void and that Governor Cook remains an

CDC Director Fired Amid Vaccine Committee Turmoil

By Erika Edwards and Berkeley Lovelace Jr. An escalating conflict over an influential vaccine committee was one of the final straws that led to the firing of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez and the exodus of other highly regarded top officials. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had repeatedly undermined the agency’s independent Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, firing the committee’s members and appointing new members, including vaccine skeptics. Early Wednesday, Monarez suggested to Dr. Richard Besser that she was going to be forced to sign off on new vaccine recommendations. “She said there were two things she would never do in

CDC in Turmoil: Director Fired Amid Leadership Exodus

By Erika Edwards and Berkeley Lovelace Jr. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention leadership was in stunning disarray Wednesday evening after the Trump administration fired the agency’s director hours after she refused to resign under pressure. The director, Susan Monarez, said she was resisting being ousted by the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., for political reasons after about a month in office. “When CDC Director Susan Monarez refused to rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives and fire dedicated health experts, she chose protecting the public over serving a political agenda. For that, she has been targeted,” said her lawyers, Mark Zaid

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