Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), incoming chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) criticized the Trump administration for planning three executions this week.
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The spike came at a time when gun violence also skyrocketed as the city struggled with the COVID-19 pandemic and experienced unrest following the Memorial Day death of George Floyd.
“Good riddance,” tweeted Mayor Jacob Frey. Bob Kroll, who initially defended officers accused in George Floyd’s killing, was a favorite of President Donald Trump.
Federal officials are trying to overturn a judge’s order blocking a plan he said would allow unlimited distribution of untraceable “ghost guns.”
Police officers and at least one police chief are facing termination, suspension or other discipline for their alleged involvement in a chaotic gathering that ended in a riot at the U.S. Capitol.
More than 350,000 people in Illinois alone have had their personal identities used for fraudulent unemployment claims amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Columbia University restored a man’s diploma after the Trump administration issued rules that give more protections to the accused. The Biden administration will consider the issue.
For the first time, shell companies must provide the names of their owners or face stiff penalties. The Corporate Transparency Act was tucked into a law just passed by Congress.
A federal judge in San Francisco blocked a rule that would have made it all but impossible for most asylum applicants to win similar cases in the future and would have eased quick deportations.
Investigators are trying to determine a motive for the attacks, which began Saturday afternoon as a 30-year-old University of Chicago student was shot in the head while sitting in his car in a parking garage.