Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Texas National Guard members arrived early today at a federal military training site south of Joliet. Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and Attorney General Pam Bondi tangled bitterly over the Trump administration’s National Guard deployment to Illinois. More than 70 drivers in Cook County have been ticketed in the past week for driving on the shoulder. Plus, officials in Broadview have opened three criminal investigations into ICE activity. The western suburb has seen aggressive federal response to protests outside an immigration detention facility.