President Donald Trump’s administration is directing that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave, and that agencies develop plans to lay them off, according to a memo Tuesday from the Office of Personnel Management.
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Illinois joins in lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship
Illinois joined three other states in a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship.
Pete Hegseth’s former sister-in-law alleges abuse against second wife in affidavit
Senators vetting the nomination of Pete Hegseth for defense secretary received an affidavit Tuesday from a former sister-in-law alleging that the onetime Fox News host was abusive to his second wife, to the point where she feared for her safety. Hegseth denies the allegations.
US throws out policies limiting arrests of migrants at sensitive locations like schools, churches
Officers enforcing immigration laws will now be able to arrest migrants at sensitive locations like schools and churches after the Trump administration threw out policies limiting where those arrests could happen.
Winners of Chicago’s ‘You Name a Snowplow’ contest announced
The winning entries include Bozo the Plown and Lollaplowlooza.
Trump fires heads of TSA, Coast Guard and guts key aviation safety advisory committee
President Donald Trump moved quickly to remake the Department of Homeland Security Tuesday, firing the heads of the Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard before their terms are up and eliminated all the members of a key aviation security advisory group.
Gary man wrongfully convicted of murder has trial date set in federal court
Willie Donald’s trial against the city of Gary, the estate of John E. Jelks, Jr., and former Gary Police Department Officer Bruce Outlaw has been set for Feb. 24 in Hammond’s U.S. District Court.
At least 76 people killed in a hotel fire at a ski resort in Turkey
A fire raged through a 12-story hotel at a popular ski resort in northwestern Turkey early Tuesday during a school holiday, killing at least 76 people — at least two of them when they jumped from the building to escape the flames, officials said.
‘Fear is his biggest sword’: Immigrants anxious amid Trump’s planned deportation arrests
Northwest Indiana immigration attorney Alfredo Estrada said he’s been preparing his clients to know their rights as President Donald Trump assumes his second term in office.
Murder charge upheld for the only suspect to face prosecution in 1996 Tupac Shakur killing
The only suspect ever to be charged in the 1990s killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas has lost a bid to have his murder case dismissed.