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Ald. Jessie Fuentes is put into handcuffs by ICE agents while asking about a warrant for a detained man on Oct. 3, 2025. (Credit: 26th Ward Office)

Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes Filing Federal Claim After Being Handcuffed by Federal Agents

Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes is filing a federal claim and seeking damages, weeks after an immigration agent briefly handcuffed and detained her during a confrontation inside a Humboldt Park hospital.

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent takes part in an early morning operation in Park Ridge, Ill., Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (AP Photo / Erin Hooley)

Federal Officials Defend Aggressive Immigration Enforcement Raids to Judge, Say No Agents Have Been Disciplined

Mayor Brandon Johnson appears on “Chicago Tonight” on Oct. 6, 2025. (WTTW News)

City of Chicago Sues Trump Administration Over Restrictions Placed on Emergency Relief Funding

October 20, 2025 Full Episode

Politics

Military personnel in uniform, with the Texas National Guard patch on, are seen at the U.S. Army Reserve Center, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, in Elwood, Ill., a suburb of Chicago. (AP Photo / Laura Bargfeld)

Illinois Asks Supreme Court to Reject Trump’s Appeal of Order Blocking National Guard Deployment

Attorneys for the state of Illinois on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a request by the Trump administration to allow the immediate deployment of 700 National Guard troops into Chicago.

Chicago City Hall is pictured in a file photo. (Michael Izquierdo / WTTW News)

Chicago Alderpeople React to Johnson’s Budget Proposal as Hearings Begin

(Michael Izquierdo / WTTW News)

Johnson Vows to Crack Down on Police Overtime Spending in 2026, As CPD Budget Swells to $2.1B

More than a dozen libraries will now serve as food scrap drop-off sites in Chicago. (Credit: City of Chicago)

Health

Chicago Expands Food Scrap Compost Drop-Off Program to 13 Public Libraries

Oct 15, 2025 | Patty Wetli

Brandis Friedman hosts the Oct. 15, 2025, episode of "Chicago Tonight."

Oct. 15, 2025 - Full Show

Oct 15, 2025 | WTTW News

A sign reads "Stop Deportations Defend Immigrants" on Chicago's Northwest Side. (WTTW News)

Politics

Federal Immigration Agents Targeted Northwest Side Neighborhoods. Residents Banded Together to Push Back

Oct 15, 2025 | Joanna Hernandez

Inset: Jason Lee (Chicago for the People, Mayor-Elect Brandon Johnson's Transition Committee)

Politics

Chicago Watchdog Says Mayor’s Senior Adviser Failed to Cooperate With Probe, Should be Fired

Oct 15, 2025 | Heather Cherone

Voting rights activists gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, early Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, as the justices prepare to take up a major Republican-led challenge to the Voting Rights Act, the centerpiece legislation of the Civil Rights Movement. (AP Photo / Cliff Owen)

Politics

Supreme Court Appears Inclined to Limit Race-Based Electoral Districts Under the Voting Rights Act

Oct 15, 2025 | Associated Press

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks as Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz listens during an event with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo / Alex Brandon)

Health

Illinois Joins Other States in Forming a Public Health Alliance in Rebuke of Trump Administration

Oct 15, 2025 | Associated Press

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Crime & Law

Warrantless Immigration Arrests Banned at Cook County Courthouses Under New Order

Oct 15, 2025 | Matt Masterson

A child receives a vaccine in a file photo. (iStock)

Health

Respiratory Virus Season Has Arrived. Here’s How Chicago-Area Residents Can Receive Flu and COVID-19 Shots

Oct 15, 2025 | Eunice Alpasan

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaks to reporters on Oct. 15, 2025. (WTTW News)

Politics

‘Back Off’: Pritzker Blames ICE Strike Teams for Creating ‘Mayhem’ Across Chicago

Oct 15, 2025 | Heather Cherone

Film critics Gene Siskel, left, and Roger Ebert during an episode of “Sneak Previews” in 1978. (Courtesy of WTTW)

Arts & Entertainment

‘Siskel & Ebert at 50’ Honors the Iconic Film Critic Duo With Chicago Events Throughout November

Oct 15, 2025 | Eunice Alpasan

Chicago’s iconic Rat Hole along the 1900 block of West Roscoe Street in the Roscoe Village neighborhood is seen, Jan. 19, 2024, in Chicago. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere / Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)

Science & Nature

Chicago ‘Rat Hole’ Debunked. Scientists Say Viral Sensation Was ‘Windy City Sidewalk Squirrel’

Oct 15, 2025 | Patty Wetli

Hannah Frances (Credit: Grant Hindsley)

Arts & Entertainment

Chicago-Area Live Music Recommendations for Oct. 15-21

Oct 15, 2025 | Josh Terry

Brandis Friedman hosts the Oct. 14, 2025, episode of "Chicago Tonight." (WTTW News)

Oct. 14, 2025 - Full Show

Oct 14, 2025 | WTTW News

Protesters gather outside an ICE facility in Broadview, Ill. (WTTW News)

Politics

Trump Administration Continues Crackdown on Press, Critics Following Federal Judge’s Ruling in Illinois

Oct 14, 2025 | Bridgette Adu-Wadier

(Jacob Wackerhausen / iStock)

Health Politics

60,000 Chicagoans Expected to Lose Coverage if Enhanced Health Care Subsidies Expire in December

Oct 14, 2025 | Blake Thor

Indigenous Peoples Day is celebrated in Chicago in 2022. (WTTW News)

Arts & Entertainment

After Trump’s Columbus Day Proclamation, Chicago Celebrates Both Italian American Pride and Indigenous Peoples Day

Oct 14, 2025 | Joel Ortiz

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Politics

CTA Proposes Fare Increases as Transit Agencies Face Potential Fiscal Cliff, Service Cuts

Oct 14, 2025 | Eunice Alpasan

A U.S. Border Patrol agent is pictured in a file photo. (Credit: U.S. Border Patrol)

Politics

Federal Agents Deploy Tear Gas Against Crowd on Chicago’s Southeast Side

Oct 14, 2025 | Matt Masterson

The proposal would allow taller, more dense buildings to be built along Broadway in Edgewater. (WTTW News)

Politics

Key City Panel OKs Plan Designed to Build More Housing in Edgewater

Oct 14, 2025 | Heather Cherone

In an extraordinary effort to inject politics into millions of Americans’ travel experiences, the Trump administration plans to roll out a video at airports across the United States that will blame Democrats for lapses in Transportation Security Administration workers’ pay because of the government shutdown. (Clipped Video via CNN Newsource)

O’Hare, Midway Among Airports Refusing to Play Kristi Noem Video That Blames Democrats for Government Shutdown

Oct 14, 2025 | CNN

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent takes part in an early morning operation in Park Ridge, Ill., Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (AP Photo / Erin Hooley)

Crime & Law

WGN-TV Employee Detained by Federal Agents Denies Wrongdoing, Plans to Pursue ‘All Legal Avenues’

Oct 14, 2025 | Matt Masterson

FILE - This July 6, 2012 file photo D'Angelo performs at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans. (Photo by Cheryl Gerber / Invision / AP, File)

Arts & Entertainment

D’Angelo, Grammy Award-Winning R&B Singer, Dead at 51

Oct 14, 2025 | Associated Press

FILE - Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones takes the witness stand to testify at the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn., Sept. 22, 2022. (Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool, File)

Crime & Law

Supreme Court Rejects Alex Jones’ Appeal of $1.4B Defamation Judgment in Sandy Hook Shooting

Oct 14, 2025 | Associated Press

Chicago O’Hare International Airport is pictured in a file photo. (WTTW News)

Politics

Mayor Brandon Johnson, Illinois Rideshare Group Aim to Protect Drivers After ‘Unacceptable’ O’Hare Parking Lot Raid

Oct 14, 2025 | Matt Masterson

Personnel walk inside an immigration processing facility in Broadview, Ill., Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo / Paul Beaty)

Politics

ICE Takes Down Fence Around Broadview Processing Facility After Village Lawsuit

Oct 14, 2025 | Matt Masterson

Military personnel in uniform, with the Texas National Guard patch on, are seen at the U.S. Army Reserve Center, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, in Elwood, Ill., a suburb of Chicago. (AP Photo / Laura Bargfeld)

Politics

While National Guard Deployment Remains Blocked, ICE Strike Teams Escalate North Side Raids

Oct 14, 2025 | Heather Cherone

Brandis Friedman hosts the Oct. 13, 2025, episode of "Chicago Tonight." (WTTW News)

Oct. 13, 2025 - Full Show

Oct 13, 2025 | WTTW News

The U.S. Supreme Court Building is pictured in a file photo. (searagen / iStock)

Crime & Law Politics

Supreme Court Begins New Term. From LGBTQ Rights to Executive Power, Here’s What’s on the Agenda

Oct 13, 2025 | Shelby Hawkins

New York Mets coach Sandy Alomar Sr. watches from the dugout as the Mets play the Cleveland Indians in a spring training baseball game, March 7, 2008, in Winter Haven, Fla. (AP Photo / Tony Dejak, File)

Arts & Entertainment

Former White Sox Infielder and Cubs Coach Sandy Alomar Sr. Dies at 81

Oct 13, 2025 | Associated Press

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, flanked by two of his daughters after a jury delivered a partial verdict in his corruption trial. Jurors found Madigan guilty on 10 corruption counts but acquitted him on seven more. The jury also deadlocked and a mistrial was declared on six counts – including an overarching racketeering charge. (Andrew Adams / Capitol News Illinois)

Crime & Law

Michael Madigan Reports to Federal Prison, Beginning 7.5-Year Sentence After Landmark Corruption Convictions

Oct 13, 2025 | Matt Masterson

The start of the Chicago Marathon on Oct. 12, 2025. ( Bank of America Chicago Marathon / Kevin Morris

Arts & Entertainment

Feeling Inspired After Sunday’s Chicago Marathon? Here’s How to Participate Next Year, Plus Other 2025 Races

Oct 13, 2025 | Nicole Cardos

Sister Jean appears on "Chicago Tonight" on Feb. 23, 2023. (WTTW News)

Arts & Entertainment Education

Sister Jean’s Wake and Funeral to Be Held at Loyola’s Main Chapel, Open to the Public

Oct 13, 2025 | Eunice Alpasan