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The latest news and top stories on Brandon Johnson, Mayor of Chicago since May 2023. Previously, he served on the Cook County Board of Commissioners from 2018 to 2023 and was a social studies teacher and organiser for the Chicago Teachers Union.
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Trump threatens funding for Chicago transit after woman set on fire
The Illinois governor says the US president is politicising a ‘heinous tragedy’ in which a man is accused of dousing the victim in petrol.
10 Dec 2025 - 4:50AM
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Trump calls for jailing of Chicago mayor, governor as troops move in
9 Oct 2025 - 11:14AM
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Trump’s Insurrection Act threat escalates showdown with Democratic US cities
8 Oct 2025 - 5:21AM
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‘Trump’s invasion’: Illinois sues to halt National Guard deployment to Chicago
US president suggests invoking the Insurrection Act to sidestep any court restrictions to deploying troops to police US cities.
7 Oct 2025 - 1:06PM
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Trump to send National Guard to Illinois, as he puts pressure on Chicago
Tensions are flaring between federal agents and protesters over increased activity by ICE officers cracking down on immigrants.
5 Oct 2025 - 2:12PM
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Trump dines out near White House and says he’ll send troops to another US city
The US president made a surprise visit to a Washington restaurant to showcase his law enforcement crackdown.
10 Sep 2025 - 11:39AM
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Trump administration launches immigration crackdown in Chicago
Federal agents have begun ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ in the third-largest US city, targeting ‘criminal illegal aliens’.
9 Sep 2025 - 1:38PM
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Trump suggests US troops could go into New Orleans, a blue city in a red state
The US president has already said he plans to send the National Guard into Chicago and Baltimore.
4 Sep 2025 - 5:31AM
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‘We’re going in’: Trump to send National Guard troops to Chicago
The US president has threatened to expand his crackdown on Democrat-led cities, following similar moves in Washington and Los Angeles.
3 Sep 2025 - 7:54AM
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Chicago mayor defies Trump’s immigration crackdown plan for the city
Johnson told city departments to guard the constitutional rights of Chicago residents amid the ‘possibility of National Guard deployment’.
31 Aug 2025 - 8:53AM
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‘Stay out of our city’: Chicago officials slam Trump’s military deployment threat
Local officials and activists called the potential federal deployment of troops ‘uncoordinated’ and an ‘authoritarian power grab’.
26 Aug 2025 - 2:28AM
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