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Brandon Johnson's Chicago Is a Preview of Zohran Mamdani's New York

Big city mayors' progressive ambitions are on a collision course with fiscal reality.

Reason

Wheat Mixed on Tuesday, as Chicago Holds Up

The wheat complex is showing some mixed trade as the Chicago market is adding some premium. CBT soft red wheat futures are up 4 to 5 cents so far on the day. KC HRW futures are fractionally mixed at midday. MPLS spring wheat is trading with 1 to 4 cent...

Barchart

Fuggedaboutit! NYPD commissioner tells AG Pam Bondi that NYC is safe and doesn’t need Trump’s National Guard troops

Top cop Jessica Tisch met with Bondi for half an hour at NYC’s police headquarters in Manhattan, where she made a case about the city’s declining crime rate

The Independent UK

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Illinois governor hits back after Trump mocks his weight: ‘It takes one to know one’

JB Pritzker says Trump is ‘not in good shape’ as president weighs sending troops into Chicago against local wishes

The Guardian - US

Hillary Clinton Says Her 2024 Warning Of Troops Patrolling Streets Has Come True In Trump 2.0: 'I Wish I'd Been Wrong'

Former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is warning that her prediction of a militarized America under President Donald Trump's second term has come true as National Guard troops patrol U.S. cities under the president's new "law and order" push.

Benzinga

Kahleah Copper Made Classy Move to Make It to Candace Parker's Sky Jersey Retirement

Phoenix Mercury star Kahleah Copper flew in to make Candace Parker's jersey retirement ceremony for the Chicago Sky.

Sports Illustrated

The best way for a Democrat to rehab their image these days? Have Trump attack

NEW ANALYSIS: As Trump goes after Illinois and Maryland, Eric Garcia breaks down the data to show how his attacks helped Gavin Newsom in California and Kathy Hochul in New York

The Independent UK

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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker warns Trump ‘Do not come to Chicago’ with military troops

Illinois leaders said Trump’s threat to bring the military to Chicago was unwarranted and part of attempt to silence dissent

The Independent UK

Gavin Newsom Again Mocks Trump, Now Over Statements To Reporters: 'Super Normal Stuff, Everyone!'

California Gov. Gavin Newsom again mocked President Donald Trump on social media, now over statements given to press on Monday, which included the claim that some people are saying "maybe we'd like a dictator" in Chicago

Latin Times

Trump Calls Chicago a 'Killing Field,' Says Many Are Saying 'Maybe We'd Like a Dictator'

President Donald Trump said "many people" in Chicago are saying "maybe we'd like a dictator" when discussing his intention to send National Guard troops to the city

Latin Times

John Bonham considered him 'a god' and Buddy Rich called him 'the inspiration for every big-name drummer in the business': The story of Gene Krupa, the king of swing

Krupa was "a dazzling blitzkrieg of cymbal and snare drum violence", and one of the most influential drummers ever

MusicRadar

Illinois Democrats condemn Trump’s plans to send national guard to Chicago as ‘unconstitutional’

Pentagon sources have told news outlets of plans to send troops to the city, but no final decision has been announced

The Guardian - US

Chicago Next for National Guard?

Plus: Zohran can't benchpress, Powell speech doesn't exactly soothe markets, Waymo approved for NYC, and more...

Reason

First Thing: Trump ‘manufactured crisis’ to justify plan to send national guard to Chicago, leading Democrat says

Pentagon official confirms plan as Hakeem Jeffries says president is ‘playing’ with Americans’ lives. Plus, the sorrow – and relief – of leaving Trump’s US for Europe

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‘Playing games with the lives of Americans’: Pentagon confirms Trump attack on Chicago imminent, Democrats horrified

The Battle for Chicago may be just around the corner.

The Guardian - US

Trump says he is firing Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor, over alleged mortgage fraud claims – as it happened

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The Guardian - US

Trump news at a glance: Jeffries says president ‘playing games’ with American lives as national guard to be sent to Chicago

House minority leader decries plan confirmed by Pentagon while Chicago mayor calls it ‘most flagrant violation of our constitution in the 21st century’ – key US politics stories from Sunday 24 August

The Independent UK

National Guard units in Washington are now carrying firearms

The move follow’s Donald Trump’s orders

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The Independent UK

Black influencer says she’s behind Trump’s claim that ‘beautiful African-American ladies’ are begging for troops in Chicago

‘They are wearing red hats, just like this one. But they are wearing red hats. African American ladies, beautiful ladies are saying, Please, President Trump, come to Chicago, please,’ he claimed Friday in the Oval Office.

Al Jazeera

Trump has no basis to deploy troops to Chicago: Top Democratic US lawmaker

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker also accuses Republican US president of pushing to ‘manufacture a crisis’ to abuse power.

International Business Times

Trump Clashes With Democrats As He Expands National Guard Plans

Donald Trump threatened to deploy National Guard troops Sunday to yet another Democratic stronghold, the Maryland city of Baltimore, as the US president seeks to expand his crackdown on crime and immigration.

The Guardian - US

Trump ‘manufactured crisis’ to justify plan to send national guard to Chicago, leading Democrat says

Pentagon official confirms plan as House minority leader Jeffries says president is ‘playing’ with Americans’ lives

International Business Times UK

'An Abuse of Power': Trump's Chicago Military Takeover Slammed by Illinois Governor—Other States Could Be Next

US President Donald Trump's Chicago military takeover is an 'abuse of power,' says Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker. The governor claimed that it's just an attempt to manufacture a crisis.

Benzinga

Illinois Governor Calls Trump's Plan To Deploy National Guard In Chicago 'Abuse Of Power'

President Donald Trump‘s plan to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago represents an “abuse of power” and an attempt to “manufacture a crisis,” Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said Friday. The Democratic governor stated there is no emergency justifying military intervention in Illinois.

The Independent UK

Trump could send troops into Chicago within weeks as he expands military deployment into more cities: report

Pentagon reportedly plans to put military boots on the ground in America’s third-largest city as soon as September

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