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America's richest families in 2026: From Walmart's Walton dynasty to the Mars empire, meet the 10 wealthiest family fortunes worth more than $1 trillion combined

America's wealthiest families, led by the Waltons with a staggering $520 billion, continue to dominate the economic landscape. Their fortunes, built over generations in sectors like retail, energy, and food, highlight the enduring power of long-term private ownership. The Kochs, Mars, and Johnsons also feature prominently, showcasing how sustained family…

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America's richest families in 2026 ranked: Walmart heirs lead with $520 billion fortune

The biggest family fortunes in the United States have largely been built through businesses that have existed for generations rather than overnight success stories. Many of these companies remain privately owned or are still heavily controlled by founding families, allowing wealth to be passed down while expanding into new markets.…

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Texas national guard troops arrive in Chicago amid Trump’s crackdown

Military presence comes after judge declined to block troops from entering, following lawsuit filed by city and state

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New Chicago immigration campaign prompts confusion as city braces for federal intervention

The Department of Homeland Security is trumpeting the start of a new immigration operation in Chicago that's stirring up fresh confusion and anxiety

The Independent UK

Chicago Residents Express Ongoing Crime Concerns Despite Reductions

Chicago residents express concerns about crime despite official data showing reductions. Calls for comprehensive solutions and community support to address...

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Trump says he is firing Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor, over alleged mortgage fraud claims – as it happened

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Japanese architect Maki, credited with fusing East with West, has died at age 95

Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki, who won the prestigious Pritzker Prize for designs praised as smartly and artfully fusing the East with the West, has died

The Independent UK

Riken Yamamoto, who designs dignity and elegance into daily life, wins Pritzker Prize

Yamamoto's postwar childhood in Japan shaped his interest in the interplay of architecture and community. The jury of the prestigious architecture award cited the intergenerational power of his work.

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‘I am not very good at design’: architecture’s top honour goes to Riken Yamamoto

The Pritzker prize has been won by the 78-year-old Japanese master whose work ranges from an open-access Hiroshima fire station to a building seemingly made of books

The Guardian - UK

Picture Chicago: 18 can’t miss Sun-Times photos

Kelvin Kiptum set a new world record to win the Chicago Marathon, Mulma performed a sold-out show, and supporters of both Israel and Palestine rallied and prayed across the Chicago area.

Chicago Sun-Times

21st Ward candidates vow to bring resources, clean up neighborhoods in community

Ronnie Mosley, a longtime community organizer, will face retired firefighter Cornell Dantzler for the 21st Ward seat.

Chicago Sun-Times

David Chipperfield: how the 2023 Pritzker prize winner creates buildings that last

The British architect David Chipperfield has been announced as the winner of the 2023 Pritzker Architecture Prize, arguably the highest international honour in the discipline. In its citation, the jury highlighted the elegance, restraint and permanence that have consistently characterised Chipperfield’s oeuvre, “an architecture of understated but transformative civic presence”.

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‘I faked it at the beginning!’: David Chipperfield on his rise from shop designer to starchitect

He almost failed architecture school. Now he’s netted the profession’s top prize, the Pritzker. Britain’s modernist master talks about the building that changed everything – and running a bar in Spain

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Increase aid for elderly and disabled Illinoisans

There is a proposal before the Pritzker administration to provide an increase in the Aid to the Aged, Blind and Disabled program that will allow Illinoisans a combined income equal to at least the poverty level.

Chicago Tribune

Illinois appellate court allows temporary hold on state gun ban to stay in place for plaintiffs in lawsuit

SPRINGFIELD — An Illinois appellate court on Tuesday upheld a downstate judge’s decision to temporarily block Illinois’ recently enacted ban on high-powered weapons and high-capacity magazines from being enforced on more than 850 people and a handful of licensed gun dealers named as plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the ban.

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Retiring Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White reveals the racism that shaped his legacy

White’s life has also been shaped immeasurably by his race and by the racism of others. Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin calls White a “legend in Illinois politics.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois is failing to provide adequate health care for prisoners

The state committed itself to change by entering into a consent decree in the Lippert vs. Jeffreys class action lawsuit on prison medical care in 2018, but an acceptable plan to provide care has never been submitted to the court.

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City’s budget forecast includes $42.7 million increase in property taxes

The proposed increase would cost the owner of a home valued at $250,000 just $34 more a year, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said, “about the price of an Al’s Italian beef — hot, dipped, with extra cheese — for a family of four.”

Chicago Tribune

Google reportedly exploring purchase of iconic Jahn building in Chicago

Google is reportedly negotiating to purchase the state-owned James R. Thompson Center in downtown Chicago. If true, such a deal could spark a turnaround for the struggling LaSalle Street corridor, where many longtime businesses have recently departed, leaving behind huge vacancies.

The Guardian - UK

‘It is unbelievable’: Francis Kéré becomes first black architect to win the Pritzker prize

Burkinabe architect takes the profession’s highest honour, having made his name with schools and medical facilities in Africa, built by local communities with minimal resources

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