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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

Minneapolis School Shooting Leaves 2 Kids Dead, 17 Injured

By Tom Bateman A shooting at a school in Minneapolis that left two children dead and 17 others injured is being investigated as an anti-Catholic hate crime, the FBI says. “The FBI is investigating this shooting as an act of domestic terrorism and hate crime targeting Catholics,” FBI Director Kash Patel said in a post on X. The two children, aged eight and 10, were killed when an attacker opened fire through the windows of the city’s Annunciation Church on Wednesday morning as children were celebrating Mass. The attacker, who died at the scene of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, was

FEMA Suspends Staff After Criticism of Trump’s Leadership

By James Fitzgerald The US Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) has reportedly suspended a number of staff who criticised the agency’s direction under US President Donald Trump. The staff are said to have been among those who recently signed an open letter that castigated Trump officials over cuts and alleged interference, warning that another “national catastrophe” akin to Hurricane Katrina was possible. More than 20 employees were told on Tuesday that they had been put on administrative leave, according to sources who spoke to the BBC’s US partner, CBS News. The BBC has asked Fema for comment. There has been

Trump’s Attempt to Fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook Sparks Alarm

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By Rob Wile Economic and financial analysts are warning that President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook risks undermining the central bank’s independence — something that could ultimately put U.S. households’ finances at risk. Late Monday, Trump moved to fire Cook over allegations of mortgage fraud. He cited a “criminal referral” from Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte that alleged discrepancies on Cook’s mortgage application documents. Cook has refused to step down, and on Tuesday, she said she was planning to file a lawsuit challenging Trump’s move. Cook serves on the Federal Reserve’s committee for setting interest rates

Al Sharpton Calls for March on Wall Street at Howard

By Jamal Watson The gospel choir’s voices echoed through Cramton Auditorium, their blue and white robes swaying as they filled Howard University’s historic venue with spiritual melodies. Just a week after classes resumed at the prestigious HBCU, Rev. Al Sharpton took the stage to deliver a sermon that was equal parts spiritual guidance and a political rallying cry. Speaking to a packed auditorium days before the August 28th anniversary of the historic 1963 March on Washington, the National Action Network founder urged the Howard community to “stand up to the giants” of inequality and injustice while announcing a bold strategic

Boston Debates Bringing HBCU Satellite Campus to City

Boston City Councilors who want to bring a satellite campus of an HBCU, or a Historically Black College and University, to the city held a council hearing Tuesday evening to solicit community members’ thoughts on the matter. Roughly two dozen Boston residents, HBCU graduates, students, and educators testified before the council Tuesday and expressed a range of reactions to the idea. While many were enthusiastically supportive, others were hesitant, and some posed questions to the councilors, such as whether a satellite campus would be able to replicate the cultural support and community, as well as the historical relevance, of an established HBCU.

Education Dept Restores 260 Civil Rights Staff After Cuts

By Waltern Hudson The U.S. Department of Education will reinstate more than 260 Office for Civil Rights employees who were laid off during massive budget cuts in March, according to an agency filing required by federal court order. The department announced plans to return OCR staff in phases, with groups of employees rejoining the civil rights enforcement division every two weeks from September 8 through November 3. The restoration follows a federal judge’s directive in Victim Rights Law Center v. U.S. Department of Education requiring the agency to return to “the status quo” to fulfill its legal obligations protecting students’ civil rights.

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