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We Don't Need More Federal Intervention in U.S. Cities

The use of government force to achieve political advantage is dangerous and sets a bad precedent.

Reason · Aug 27, 2025

Chicago Mayor Focuses On Social Programs Over Increased Police Presence

Mayor Johnson advocates for addressing root causes of crime through affordable housing and social programs in Chicago.

Top News · Aug 26, 2025

Brandon Johnson's Chicago Is a Preview of Zohran Mamdani's New York

Big city mayors' progressive ambitions are on a collision course with fiscal reality.

Reason · Aug 26, 2025

National Guard units in Washington are now carrying firearms

The move follow’s Donald Trump’s orders

The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2025

Illinois Governor Calls Trump's Plan To Deploy National Guard In Chicago 'Abuse Of Power'

President Donald Trump‘s plan to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago represents an “abuse of power” and an attempt to “manufacture a crisis,” Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said Friday. The Democratic governor stated there is no emergency justifying military intervention in Illinois.

Benzinga · Aug 24, 2025

Black mayors of cities Trump decries as 'lawless' tout significant declines in violent crimes

Members of the African American Mayors Association started noticing last year declines in violent crime in their cities

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2025

How Trump is using ‘pure lies’ about high crime in US cities to justify federal takeovers

Local officials slam president’s remarks and point to federal funding cuts as the real harm to public safety in their cities

The Guardian - US · Aug 15, 2025

Illinois Governor Says Trump Is Following Nazi-Era Playbook After Threats of Occupying Chicago: 'Doesn't Follow the Law'

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker on Monday compared President Donald Trump's threat to deploy the National Guard to Chicago to tactics used by the Nazi Party in Germany during the 1930s

Latin Times · Aug 12, 2025

Chicago Mayor Again Defies Trump's Immigration Push: 'Will Not Ever Cooperate With ICE'

We do not harbor criminals. We arrest them," added the Mayor in a press conference. "But we will not be a tool for mass deportation"

Latin Times · Jul 14, 2025

Chicago City Council takes radical step to fight against ‘teen takeovers’

Mayor Brandon Johnson called the ordinance’s passage a ‘politicized knee-jerk reaction’

The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2025