Trump Library Saga Takes Dark Turn: Where Did Millions in Funding Go? Four huge media conglomerates forked over $63 million in “settlements” earmarked for Trump’s presidential library. Democrats are trying to track that money—and the latest developments don’t inspire co...

SCOOP --> Paramount, Meta, and X are refusing to say what happened to their huge contributions to Trump's presidential library after Sen Elizabeth Warren raised questions about its fund getting dissolved. Ds say tens of millions remain unaccounted for.

Details here:
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How the war in Iran is affecting Chicago colleges, from canceled research to uncertain post-grad plans

On college campuses across Illinois, students and faculty are grappling with the effects of the Iran war, from canceled research to uncertain post-grad plans.

Alt: A GIF of George Costanza, played by Jason Alexander, saying "It's not a lie if you believe it."

Sam Altman (circa 2026)

ICE says 81% arrested in Operation Midway Blitz had no convictions, falsely asserts no citizens arrested Todd Lyons, who on Thursday resigned from his position as acting director of ICE, also claimed in the letter to the Illinois congressional delegation that no U.S. citizens were arrested by federal imm...

About 81% of those arrested in Chicago’s “Operation Midway Blitz” had no criminal convictions, despite the feds repeatedly claiming the aggressive operation was intended to target “the worst of the worst.”

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Marimar Martinez, Chicago woman shot 5 times by federal agent, to testify at Washington hearing The April 22 Homeland Security Committee hearing will mark the first official testimony for Martinez, who continues to ask for accountability for her shooting.

Marimar Martinez, the Chicago woman who was shot 5 times by a Border Patrol agent, will testify before the Homeland Security Committee — and Dems are also requesting White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller and border czar Tom Homan appear.

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COMMENTARY OTHER VIEWS LGBTQ+ No, my Sun-Times colleague, Violet Miller, and lare not the same person Many people can't tell us apart because they don't know or understand trans women, a deficit that fuels policies and rhetoric that harm us all. By Ellery Jones | Apr 15, 2026, 6:00am CDT Chicago Sun-Times reporter Violet Miller (left) and Sun-Times and WBEZ Innovation Editor Ellery Jones | Candace Dane Chambers/Sun-Times

A very important personal message for you all today:

No, @vimiller.bsky.social and I are NOT the same person.

And the fact that y'all keep confusing us says something about Society™️

in case you need more clarification: chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/2026...

Same-sex couple households increase over 70% in Chicago since 2005, new Census data shows

The new U.S. Census Bureau data shows same-sex couple households in the U.S. went up 78% since 2005. In Chicago, it’s up 72% in that time.

Pope Leo brushes off Trump attack as a Chicago Catholic leader says president is 'waking up a sleeping giant' Rev. Michael Pfleger, Gov. JB Pritzker and GOP gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey are among those speaking out about Trump's attacks on Pope Leo XIV.

Catholic leaders, along with Gov. JB Pritzker and his GOP rival Darren Bailey, are defending Chicago-born Pope Leo: “I think Trump unconsciously is waking up a sleeping giant... I think he’s going to be a very strong voice, and he’s not going away."

chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...

Cardinal Blase Cupich, who leads the Archdiocese of Chicago, pushed back hard on Trump and Hegseth invoking God to justify the war in Iran. “It seems to me to be a pretty weak argument if that’s the stretch you have to make in order to justify your actions.” chicago.suntimes.com/religion/202...

Trump's deportation blitz last fall evokes painful memories of Latin American 'disappearances' Neris González, who was captured and brutally tortured in El Salvador decades ago before moving to Chicago, worries that the U.S. could eventually head down a similar path. To avoid that, Ariel Dulitzky, a human rights expert says, “We need to do more documentation of what happened… [so it can't]…

Though President Trump's deportation blitz appears to have eased up, it has left a lasting impact on many here in Chicago. For some, it dredged up memories of people vanishing around them.

The legal term is "Enforced disappearance." chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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Good morning, Chicago. A happy Local News Day to all who celebrate 🗞️

Here's today's @chicago.suntimes.com morning news roundup.

Our lead today: Refugees face SNAP benefits cutoff

Plus: Attempts to stop hospital closures, City Hall staff shakeups and more. chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edit...

BREAKING: Another person has died in ICE custody, per required notification to Congress, marking 15 deaths in detention this year and 45+ since Trump took office again.

Pope Leo XIV used his first Easter speech to deliver a resounding call for peace in times of renewed war, declaring, “Let those who have weapons lay them down!” https://wapo.st/4c72GGd

Trump says Pam Bondi, a loyalist who oversaw Justice Department upheaval, is out as attorney general President Donald Trump says Pam Bondi is out as his attorney general. Bondi's departure ends the contentious tenure of a Trump loyalist who upended the Justice Department’s culture of independence from the White House, oversaw firings of career employees and moved to investigate the Republican presi

BREAKING: Pam Bondi, a loyalist who oversaw Justice Department upheaval, is out as his attorney general, President Trump says.

A Northwestern study claims to support trans youths' wellbeing. Parents, advocates say it'll do the opposite. Pointing to Northwestern University psychology professor J. Michael Bailey and his co-researchers’ discredited papers, advocates say the ongoing study could further fuel legislative efforts to push tr...

Ads for Northwestern professor J. Michael Bailey's survey for trans youth seem innocuous at first: “Tell your story, challenge preconceptions, and have YOUR experience reflected in the science.”

But parents/advocates for trans youth say Bailey and co. have an agenda and rough academic past.

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A Northwestern study claims to support trans youths' wellbeing. Parents, advocates say it'll do the opposite. Pointing to Northwestern University psychology professor J. Michael Bailey and his co-researchers’ discredited papers, advocates say the ongoing study could further fuel legislative efforts to push tr...

A Northwestern University study claims it will delve into gender dysphoria among young people. Parents and advocates warn it could further fuel legislative efforts to push trans people to the margins.

Read @vimiller.bsky.social's report: chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2026/0...

'No Kings' rallies kick off in Evanston, Cicero and Lincoln Square as hundreds expected to protest in Chicago The nationwide rallies to oppose President Donald Trump comes amid a continuing war in Iran.

The @chicago.suntimes.com is covering No Kings rallies around the Chicago area today, including the gathering scheduled for Grant Park this afternoon. chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/03...

Cesar Chavez, a Civil Rights Icon, Is Accused of Abusing Girls for Years

My God this is awful www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/u...

Jon is joined by misinformation researcher @noupside.bsky.social, who is currently being sued by Stephen Miller for her work, and Platformer editor @caseynewton.bsky.social. They break down the tension between government and social media platforms and how that impacts our elections.

I feel this thing in my heart that tells me that if you set the end of the Dune: Part Three trailer to Hate Me Now by Nas, it would work perfectly

Election Day in Illinois: Live updates The race to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin is the highest-profile race this primary. Polls close at 7 p.m.

It's election day in Chicago. Follow along here chicago.suntimes.com/live/electio...

Illinois prisons were ordered to improve health care for inmates. They've spent seven years failing. Even though the Illinois Department of Corrections has been under a consent decree since 2019, the state continues to fail to provide adequate medical and dental care to incarcerated people, according...

Johnnie Flournoy, a 74-yr-old man incarcerated in IL, says he's nearly blind bc for years he has been denied a simple treatment for glaucoma. He's not at all alone. His story of medical neglect is a common one in IL prisons. @chicago.suntimes.com chicago.suntimes.com/health/2026/...

Illinois prisons were ordered to improve health care for inmates. They've spent seven years failing. Even though the Illinois Department of Corrections has been under a consent decree since 2019, the state continues to fail to provide adequate medical and dental care to incarcerated people, according...

Johnnie Flournoy is 74 years old. He's been incarcerated since the early 1990s, and he's been going blind for much of that time. And Illinois prisons have just been letting it happen. chicago.suntimes.com/health/2026/...

Renee Good memorial site in south Minneapolis doused in gasoline Damage was minimal but police are investigating.

Someone doused Renee Good’s Minneapolis memorial and a nearby pile of wood with gasoline and started a fire at about 9 p.m. Tuesday.

Lights, camera, Jackson: Civil Rights leader also became a pop culture presence Jackson's decades of civil rights efforts and running for president in 1984 and 1988 are his most important and lasting work. But that he did this while also forging a position in the nation's pop cul...

Took a break from architecture today to write a column about the Rev Jackson as a presence in pop culture, from Sesame Street to SNL. "The combination of politician and preacher just made him a magnetic force," Charles Whitaker, dean of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism said.

Today's print Chicago Sun-Times is wrapped with a 20-page special section on the death of the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Here's where to look for the paper. www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/v...

Israeli Soldiers Accused of Using Polymarket to Bet on Strikes The country’s internal security agency indicted a reservist and a civilian for security offenses, bribery and obstruction of justice in connection with the bets.

This is really, really dark.

www.wsj.com/world/middle...

This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.

CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"