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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Juliana Stratton unveiled her campaign’s first TV ad yesterday, a controversial half-minute spot that includes six people, including incumbent U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, hurling an expletive at President Donald Trump.
The ad begins with three people repeating the phrase, “F−−− Trump. Vote Juliana,” followed by Stratton, the current two-term lieutenant governor, saying, “They said it. I didn’t.”
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House Speaker Mike Johnson denies request for the Rev. Jesse Jackson to lie in honor in US Capitol
Mike Johnson’s office said it received a request from the family to have the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s remains lie in honor at the Capitol, but the request was denied, because of the precedent that the space is typically reserved for former presidents, the military and select officials. Read more here.
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- University of Chicago quietly cuts ties with partnership that helps students of color attain Ph.Ds
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How energy costs, grocery prices and other everyday expenses have changed one year into the second Trump administration
January inflation data is here, and we’re getting a glimpse at how that economic policy is affecting Americans’ pocketbooks everywhere from the grocery store to the gas pump. Read more here.
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- Chicago Cubs player Pete Crow-Armstrong buys $1.2M Loop condo
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Chicago Fire look to build on last season’s success under Gregg Berhalter: ‘Progress really motivates us’
The Fire open the season at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow against the Dynamo in Houston. The home opener, against CF Montreal, is at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 28 at Soldier Field. Read more here.
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Review: Klaus Mäkelä leads a heroic program at the CSO
Klaus Mäkelä knows his history. Though a frisson of newness seems to surround the Chicago Symphony music director designate — he turned 30 last month — the conductor is, in many ways, pretty old-school. Read more here.
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Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s sweeping tariffs, upending central plank of economic agenda
It’s the first major piece of Trump’s broad agenda to come squarely before the nation’s highest court, which he helped shape with the appointments of three conservative jurists in his first term. Read more here.
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