Jonathan Bullington

Jonathan Bullington is a Chicago Tribune senior reporter. A Chicago-area native, he previously worked at the Tribune as well as The Times-Picayune in New Orleans and The Courier Journal in Louisville, where he was part of the team that won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news.

FBI agents leave the Albany Park apartment building where Washington shooting suspect Elias Rodríguez was believed to have resided. Two Israeli Embassy workers were fatally shot Wednesday night near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)

‘This was an act of cowardice’: Charges filed against Chicago man in the fatal shooting near DC Jewish museum

May 22, 2025 at 8:39 p.m.

A Chicago man who railed on social media against the ongoing bombing of Gaza fatally shot two members of the Israeli Embassy near the Jewish museum in Washington, D.C. on...

Cardinal Blase Cupich blesses a picture of Pope Francis during a memorial Mass on April 23, 2025, at Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

At Chicago’s Holy Name Cathedral, a memorial Mass for ‘the people’s pope’

April 23, 2025 at 4:19 p.m.

Hundreds of people — including leaders of various faiths — attended a memorial Mass for Pope Francis at Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral.

People kneel in prayer during a regularly scheduled Mass at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago on April 21, 2025, following the announcement of Pope Francis’ death. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

‘Blessed to be part of his time as pope’: Cardinal Blase Cupich joins Chicago area in mourning Pope Francis’ death

April 21, 2025 at 8:45 p.m.

Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, prayed that "God comfort us" following the death of Pope Francis. Cupich will be among those electing the next pope.

Brian Burch, a west suburban resident who co-founded the advocacy organization CatholicVote, has been nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as ambassador to the Holy See. Burch, whose organization has taken credit for helping rally Catholic voters for Trump, has been vocally critical of Pope Francis. (CatholicVote.org)

‘A controversialist’: President Donald Trump picks Chicago-area man for Vatican ambassador

March 24, 2025 at 4:31 p.m.

Some say Brian Burch's appointment could be a harbinger of further tension between the Vatican and the Trump administration.

Cristal Moreno Aguilar stands at Augustana College on Oct. 8, 2024, in Rock Island. Aguilar's mother, Reneyda Aguilar-Hurtado, died on June 12, 2023, in DuPage County Jail, after being incarcerated for 85 days. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

DuPage County, sheriff agree to $11 million payout for jail death

October 20, 2025 at 11:23 a.m.

Reneyda Aguilar-Hurtado, a 50-year-old mother of two, died in June 2023 after being held in the county jail for 85 days. A county pathologist found "medical neglect" contributed to her...

Ben Garcia, right, and his friend Verlander Thompkins III at the Addison Street and Western Avenue after getting out of class at Lane Tech High School on Feb. 13, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)

President Donald Trump’s attacks on trans community sow fear and paralysis in Illinois: ‘They’re trying to make us disappear’

February 22, 2025 at 2:30 p.m.

President Donald Trump has cut federal funding to groups serving Chicago's transgender community and issued executive orders that target 1.6 million transgender Americans.

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‘This was an act of cowardice’: Charges filed against Chicago man in the fatal shooting near DC Jewish museum

At Chicago’s Holy Name Cathedral, a memorial Mass for ‘the people’s pope’

‘Blessed to be part of his time as pope’: Cardinal Blase Cupich joins Chicago area in mourning Pope Francis’ death

‘A controversialist’: President Donald Trump picks Chicago-area man for Vatican ambassador

DuPage County, sheriff agree to $11 million payout for jail death

President Donald Trump’s attacks on trans community sow fear and paralysis in Illinois: ‘They’re trying to make us disappear’

‘We are terrified’: ICE begins long-promised immigration blitz in Chicago

America’s oldest Black town is in Illinois — and it’s dying. But the fight has begun to save it.

Thanksgiving at the Salvation Army: ‘This was perfect timing’

‘We deserve to be seen.’ Inside Lane Tech’s quest to capture the sport’s first IHSA girls flag football title.