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Afternoon Briefing

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Good afternoon, Chicago.

A day care worker at Rayito de Sol Spanish Immersion Early Learning Center in North Center was taken by federal immigration agents this morning, the school’s staff confirmed to the Tribune.

In a video circulating on social media, agents in vests can be seen dragging the woman out of the school building shortly after 7 a.m. The immigration officers entered the building without a warrant, said Marisel Mari, who is also an educator there.

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Federal officers use tear gas and smoke on members of the community and activists while they protest near the 3900 block of South Kedzie Avenue on Oct. 4, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
Federal officers use tear gas and smoke on members of the community and activists while they protest near the 3900 block of South Kedzie Avenue on Oct. 4, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

Lawyers square off in key federal court hearing over use of force by immigration agents

Images of Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino tackling a protester to the ground in Broadview and tossing tear gas canisters in Little Village were displayed today in a federal courtroom in Chicago as a judge decides whether to put more long-term restrictions on the use of chemical agents on crowds and provide enhanced protections for protesters and media.

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A CTA Blue Line trains travels alongside the Eisenhower Expressway in Chicago on Oct. 31, 2025. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)
A CTA Blue Line trains travels alongside the Eisenhower Expressway in Chicago on Oct. 31, 2025. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

Transit reform measure shifts CTA control from Chicago mayor. Lawmaker says that’s an ‘asset’

Illinois Democrats last week saved the Chicago Transit Authority from drastic cuts, and Mayor Brandon Johnson from taking further heat from public transportation advocates — but they permanently took his hand off the throttle in the process.

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Bears coach Ben Johnson, left, and general manager Ryan Poles discuss the team's moves in free agency and the trade market March 12, 2025, at Halas Hall in Lake Forest. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)
Bears coach Ben Johnson, left, and general manager Ryan Poles discuss the team's moves in free agency and the trade market March 12, 2025, at Halas Hall in Lake Forest. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)

Chicago Bears GM Ryan Poles credits Ben Johnson with seeing ‘big picture’ as they navigated trade deadline

Ryan Poles was mostly an onlooker yesterday as some seismic deals highlighted NFL trade-deadline day. The Chicago Bears general manager has been at the apex of major in-season and offseason deals, but Poles made a more modest move this time, trading a sixth-round draft pick to the Cleveland Browns for defensive end Joe Tryon-Shoyinka and a seventh-rounder.

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The SS Eastland capsized in the Chicago River on July 24, 1915, killing 844 people. Photographer Jun Fujita took some of the most recognized photos of the tragedy. In the collections of the Chicago Historical Society; from the book “Jun Fujita: Behind the Camera” (Hat & Beard Press, 2025). (Provided by Graham Lee)
The SS Eastland capsized in the Chicago River on July 24, 1915, killing 844 people. Photographer Jun Fujita took some of the most recognized photos of the tragedy. In the collections of the Chicago Historical Society; from the book “Jun Fujita: Behind the Camera” (Hat & Beard Press, 2025). (Provided by Graham Lee)

Column: Jun Fujita is the most famous photographer you’ve never heard of

Graham Harrison Lee is a determined man. It has taken him nearly two decades to give us a book about his great-uncle — and what an amazing man he was, and what a spectacular book is “Jun Fujita: Behind the Camera.” This is the compelling and photo-splashed story of a man born in a small village near Hiroshima in Japan, who immigrated to Canada as a teenager, where he got his first camera.

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Campaign signs for Virginia gubernatorial nominees Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears are on display outside City Hall in Fairfax, Va., Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Robert Yoon)
Campaign signs for Virginia gubernatorial nominees Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears are on display outside City Hall in Fairfax, Va., Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Robert Yoon)

Takeaways from Election Day 2025: Democrats dominate as economic woes take a toll on Trump’s GOP

Democrats dominated the first major Election Day since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.

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