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Pentagon to withdraw National Guard from Chicago, Portland after Trump deployment - NYT

NYT reported that 200 California National Guard troops who were sent to Portland and 200 Texas National Guard members who were sent to Chicago would return to their home states as soon as Sunday.

Federal agents clash with anti-ICE protesters at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building on October 12, 2025 in Portland, Oregon.
People march in the 50th annual Pride Parade in Chicago, Illinois, US, June 30, 2019.

FBI records reveal ISIS terror plot targeting Chicago's 2024 Pride Parade - NBC

Reverend Jesse Jackson bows his head in prayer on the Edmund Pettus Bridge to commemorate the 60th anniversary of 'Bloody Sunday' in Selma, Alabama, U.S., March 9, 2025.

US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson hospitalized, under observation for PSP

Rabbi Hody Nemes stands in front of Hersh's Fridge, a community fridge that serves kosher-keeping Jews in Chicago.

Kosher community fridge in Chicago’s Jewish suburbs arrives amid rising food insecurity


Advocates decry ‘pogrom on the playground’ after Jewish children targeted in Chicago on Oct. 7

The incident took place on Oct. 7, during the second anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel, in Shawnee Park, which is located blocks from a number of the town’s Orthodox synagogues.

Five Jewish children were shot with pellet guns at Shawnee Park in Skokie, Illinois on Oct. 7, 2025.

Trump calls for Chicago mayor, Illinois governor to be jailed

"Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect ICE Officers! Governor Pritzker also!" Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson sits for an interview with Reuters at his office located at City Hall, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. September 29, 2025.

Dozens of Northwestern students face penalties for boycotting required antisemitism training video

The students are boycotting the video over what they allege is “biased” content in the video, which the university began requiring this year in response to allegations of antisemitism.

Banners hanging from the fence outside Northwestern University during a pro-Palestinian protest, Evanston, Illinois, April 27, 2024.

In anti-ICE protest, Illinois Democrats tear-gassed, pepper-sprayed by federal agents

Violent clashes between US immigration officials and protesters continue in the aftermath of Trump's immigration crackdown.

Federal agents push protesters out of the main drive way for the Broadview ICE detention facility, after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered increased federal law enforcement presence to assist in crime prevention, in Broadview, Illinois, U.S. September 19, 2025

Chicago hearing on antisemitism was 'insulting,' and ‘silenced Jewish voices,’ leaders tell 'Post'

Alderman Debra Silverstein criticized the hearing, arguing that of the 30 people invited by Mayor Brandon Johnson, only two were victims of anti-Jewish hate.

Alderman Debra Silverstein of Chicago's 50th ward.

United Airlines to resume flights to Tel Aviv from Chicago, Washington DC

Flights from Chicago to Tel Aviv will resume on November 1st, and flights from DC will resume on the 2nd. This is the first time United has operated these routes since 2023. 

Transportation Minister Miri Regev met with Senior officials from United Airlines to plan the resumption of flights to Tel Aviv from Chicago and DC.

Chicago mayor says police will not aid federal troops or agents, ahead of Trump intervention

Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order aimed at preparing Chicago for any US enforcement operation and urged the Republican president to reverse course.

Federal police vehicles belonging to the Department of Homeland Security sit parked next to the Federal Plaza in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 26, 2025. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that the US military might deploy to Chicago.

Remembering Rabbi Berel Wein: A beloved Jewish storyteller - opinion

Working side by side with Rabbi Wein to reimagine his book ‘Triumph of Survival’ - and the insights that stayed with me.

RABBI BEREL WEIN, z”l, director, The Destiny Foundation; with Ashley Lazarus, film director, Destiny Films.

At the Jewish Museum of Chicago, anti-Zionist Jewish artists explore identity and dissent

For the artists who have already been drawn to the Jewish Museum of Chicago, the endeavor has brought relief.

Gabriel Chalfin-Piney-González, the founder of the Jewish Museum of Chicago.

Trump has no basis to deploy troops to Chicago, Democratic leader Jeffries says

In the wake of Donald Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Washington, DC, the president has now set his sights on Chicago.

 US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he departs for travel to Pennsylvania from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, July 15, 2025; illustrative.

Pentagon plans military deployment in Chicago, Washington Post reports

The planning, in the works for weeks, involves several options, including mobilizing at least a few thousand members of the National Guard as soon as September, the Post reported.

THE DOWNTOWN skyscrapers of Chicago rise against the backdrop of Lake Michigan.