The NASCAR Chicago Street Race, which is held downtown, originally agreed with the city to a three-year contract to host the racing event, with the option of an extension. However, the future of the event remains murky.

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., leaves the chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress Gives Final Approval to Trump’s $9 Billion Cut to Public Broadcasting, Foreign Aid

The vote marked the first time in decades that a president has successfully submitted such a rescissions request to Congress, and the White House suggested it won’t be the last. Some Republicans were uncomfortable with the cuts, yet supported them anyway.

Week in Review: City Council Approves Ethics Reforms; ‘Snap Curfew’ Veto Stands

| Shelby Hawkins

Study: Education Still Pays, But Barriers to Upward Mobility Persist in Illinois

| Peter Hancock — Capitol News Illinois

Scholarship Applications Open For Low-Income Chicago Students Attending College, Trade Schools

| Eunice Alpasan

Cutting and Pasting: The Art of Collage on Display at Beverly Arts Center

| Marc Vitali

The ‘Rosebud’ Sled From ‘Citizen Kane’ Sells for $14.75 Million

| CNN

Trump Administration Seeks Release of Epstein Grand Jury Records but Not Justice Department Files

| Associated Press

July 17, 2025 - Full Show

| WTTW News

Former Chicago Immigration Judges Discuss Trump Administration Firings

| Paul Caine

Chicago’s Top Lawyer on Ethics Reform, the Cost of Police Misconduct Lawsuits

| Bridgette Adu-Wadier

Illinois Will Continue Providing LGBTQ+ Youth Support on 988 Suicide Prevention Hotline Amid Federal Cuts

| Eunice Alpasan

City Inspector General Deborah Witzburg to Leave Post After 1 Term

| Matt Masterson

Donald Trump Checked for Lower Leg Swelling and Diagnosed With Condition Common in Older Adults

| Associated Press

Pritzker Seeks More Regulatory Authority Over Homeowners Insurance Business

| Peter Hancock — Capitol News Illinois

Find Echoes of the Civil War and the Battle of Gettysburg at Chicago’s Rosehill Cemetery

| Marc Vitali

Lightfoot Joins Hundreds of Ex-DOJ Employees Condemning Trump Judicial Nominee Emil Bove

| Matt Masterson

Trump Administration Hands Over Medicaid Recipients’ Personal Data, Including Addresses, to ICE

| Associated Press

Pritzker Joins Letter Demanding Release of Federal Education Funding, Including $240M for Illinois

| Eunice Alpasan

Astronomers Detect Massive Black Hole Collision, With Both Larger Than a Hundred Suns

| CNN

Urban League Declares a ‘State of Emergency’ for Civil Rights in the US in Response to Donald Trump

| Associated Press

Trump’s Defunding of Public Media Will Be ‘Devastating’ for Rural PBS and NPR Stations, Leaders Say

| CNN

Senate Passes Trump’s $9 Billion in Spending Cuts to Public Broadcasting, Foreign Aid

| Associated Press

From an ‘Amélie’ Musical to Arthur the Aardvark, Here Are 7 Picks for Local Arts Events

| Marc Vitali

July 16, 2025 - Full Show

| WTTW News

Unemployment for Black Women is on the Rise. Here’s What Economists Have to Say

| Abena Bediako

City Council Fails to Override Mayor Johnson’s Veto of Plan to Give CPD Power to Declare ‘Snap Curfews’

| Heather Cherone

At Chicago Conference, Nobel Laureates and Nuclear Experts Push for Increased Diplomacy

| Shelby Hawkins

Vote Blocked on Plan to Legalize Coach Houses, Granny Flats Across Chicago

| Heather Cherone

CPS Elementary Student Files Lawsuit Claiming Sexual Abuse and ‘Extreme’ Racial Bullying at Northwest Side School

| Matt Masterson

Intoxicating Hemp Remains Unregulated in Illinois Following Legislative Inaction

| Medill Illinois News Bureau

Chicago to Pay $35.2M to Settle 4 Police Misconduct Cases

| Heather Cherone

Obamas Joke About Divorce Rumors on Podcast: ‘It Was Touch and Go for a While’

| CNN

Trump Slams Own Supporters as ‘Weaklings’ for Falling for What He Now Calls the Jeffrey Epstein ‘Hoax’

| Associated Press
 

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