Retired Chicago Tribune reporter, 45 years govt/pols/scoops: 2x Pulitzer Finalist, 7 govs, City Hall, Obama, Burke, book on Madigan
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Feds recorded calls of ex-lobbyist Mike McClain, close confidant of House Speaker Michael Madigan: sources - Chicago Tribune
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New Yorkers flood the city as Knicks win improbable NBA title washingtonpost.com/sports/20…
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Lake Michigan communities outraged by proposed rollback of federal coal ash rules chicagotribune.com/2026/06/1…
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EPSTEIN’S FEMINIST ARCH-DEFENDER @ninaburleigh open.substack.com/pub/americ…
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Shortly after Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman asked repeatedly about U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros' whereabouts, they wound up in the same courtroom together: at the swearing-in ceremony of Magistrate Judge Albert Berry III
That's some federal court irony chicagotribune.com/2026/06/1…
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Hawthorne Race Course warns of 290 potential layoffs if its bankruptcy sale doesn't keep the track racing @robertmccoppin chicagotribune.com/2026/06/1…
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Trump says Iran deal ‘scheduled to be signed’ Sunday, trashes Obama-era pact thehill.com/policy/internati…
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I'm blown away by this EXCELLENT piece of @CNN reporting. This journalist @katie_polglase demonstrates how to conduct interviews with Epstein associates. She had this guy sweating, because she did her homework. Bravo. (Worth getting through the ad to watch.)...cnn.com/2026/06/11/world/vid…
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Peoria museum to represent Illinois at Trump's 'Great American State Fair' as Pritzker administration opts out @jeremygorner chicagotribune.com/2026/06/1…
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Trump’s diminishing support from independents… chicagotribune.com/2026/06/1…
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Patrick Collins and John Gallo, two former assistant U.S. attorneys in the Northern District of Illinois and signatories to the letter blasting Chicago’s U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros, joined “Chicago Tonight” to explain the rationale behind their message.
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"We have cases in this building that are in turmoil, and judges are trying to figure out what's going on," says Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman, granting the dismissal of charges against two of four Loretto Hospital defendants. She lit into US Attorney Andrew Boutros, laying the blame of the dysfunction in the office at his feet.
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Incredible Upheaval: Judge grants dismissal of fraud charges, calls out US Attorney Boutros over grand jury wrongdoing @jmetr22b chicagotribune.com/2026/06/1…
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Pakistan: ‘Final, agreed upon text’ of deal to end Iran war reached
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Judge won’t halt deadline to take Trump’s name off Kennedy Center
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Federal judge indefinitely blocks Trump’s $1.8 billion payout fund washingtonpost.com/national-…
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Head of Palestinian soccer says he wasn’t granted US visa to attend World Cup chicagotribune.com/2026/06/1…
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Chicago baseball report: Newcomers add to 'special' White Sox vibe — and Javier Assad is pitching in for Cubs chicagotribune.com/2026/06/1…
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