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EPISODE · Feb 5, 2026 · 26 MIN

Duckworth's hard line on DHS funding, crunching the numbers on Chicago's debt and an expert's take on legal next steps for the Epstein files

from The Chicago Report · host Fox 32 Chicago

Tonight: Will Congress enact big changes to ICE and the Department of Homeland Security? Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth tells us — she has some red lines. Politics. Power. The Epstein document release exposes alleged grotesque behavior by so many of the nation’s elite — but was Epstein a spy collecting blackmail and trading it with foreign countries? 3.5 million pages, 3.5 million questions. City Council closed a 1 billion budget gap. But a new study says the actual gap is far greater. Try $41 billion. What? We explain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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