Six prosecutors quit after push to investigate ICE shooting victim’s widow • Chicago video gambling legalization in flux as aldermen, Mayor Brandon Johnson weigh changes
The Spin Tuesday, January 13, 2026 | | |
| | | | | While Bruce Leon had a slim-at-best path to victory in the congressional race, he’s backing Phil Andrew following Leon saying AIPAC pressured him to drop out to help state Sen. Laura Fine. | | | | | Six federal prosecutors in Minnesota resigned Tuesday over the Justice Department’s push to investigate the widow of a woman killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent and the department’s reluctance to investigate the shooter, according to people with knowledge of their decision. | | | | | Discussions between Johnson and aldermen over legalized video gambling mark the first major efforts to amend the budget passed by the City Council in December. | | | | | President Donald Trump proposed a funding cut of more than 90% for the Harbor Lock in his fiscal year 2026 budget request. The lock is one of the nation’s busiest. | | | | | Pramaggiore, 67, reported Monday to a minimum-security prison camp in Marianna, Florida, about an hour’s drive west of Tallahassee, where she will serve her 2-year sentence. | | | | | President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he’s cutting off the prospect of talks with Iranian officials amid a protest crackdown, telling Iranian citizens “help is on its way.” | | | | | The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared ready to deal another setback to transgender people and uphold state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams. | | | | | Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that they will refuse to comply with a congressional subpoena to testify in a House committee’s investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. | | < | |