A man who received a pardon from President Trump for his involvement in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy on Sunday after he resisted arrest during a traffic stop, the Indiana State Police said. nytimes.com/2025/01/27/us/…

LA Times owner says journalism and his paper’s editorial pages have been too partisan. He tweeted 18 times in a row last week to boost RFK Jr., even as a writer says the paper altered his op-ed to drop all criticism of the HHS nominee. My NPR story: npr.org/2025/02/03/nx-…

JUST IN: the U.S. Department of Justice has filed a federal lawsuit in Chicago asking for an injunction over sanctuary city policies.

UPDATE: The jury in the Madigan corruption trial is being told it's OK to render a partial verdict. They are unanimous on 17 counts and deadlocked on 12. We're expecting their decision shortly Stay tuned: chicagotribune.com/2025/02/12/mad…

Verdict in Michael Madigan case is imminent. Follow Jason Meisner, Megan Crepeau Ray Long for updates. As well as Chicago Tribune

JUST IN: The Madigan jury has responded. They have signed the verdict sheets.

#BREAKING the jury finds Madigan GUILTY of bribery conspiracy

///BREAKING/// The jury DEAdLOCKED on all charges against Michael McClain, the longtime confidant to House Speaker Michael Madigan

Madigan was convicted of bribery conspiracy and numerous other counts, but the jury deadlocked on the RICO and AT&T counts as well as several of the extortion charges

Democrats — many of whom spent years bowing to Speaker Mike Madigan’s power — cheered his conviction Wednesday as the GOP sought to prevent their dominant rivals from running too far from him. Jeremy Gorner, Olivia Olander, Rick Pearson, Dan Petrella: chicagotribune.com/2025/02/12/dem…

We stand with the The Associated Press which is resisting government pressure attempting to dictate how it writes about the news. This is exactly what the founders had in mind when they crafted the First Amendment.

My story: Rahm Emanuel won't rule out another run for Chicago mayor, but says city and Democratic Party need work chicagotribune.com/2025/03/03/rah…

On Nov 26, Trump promised to disclose donors to his transition and to refuse donations from foreigners. It's been 6 weeks since his inauguration and not a single donor has been disclosed. I asked the White House and the transition co-chairs for comment and none even responded.

The scheduling of a Musk meeting at the Pentagon is deemed classified information and leaks about it will be investigated. But the scheduling of a secret military strike is not classified and its disclosure on an unsecured text chat has prompted no announced investigation.

BREAKING: Judge McFadden has *granted * the AP’s injunction against the White House’s ban on access to the Oval Office and East Room.

Durbin, No. 2 Senate Democrat, to Retire After 44 Years in Congress. He said it was time to “face reality” and make way for someone new. nytimes.com/2025/04/23/us/…

Former Gov. George Ryan, who halted state's death penalty but was imprisoned for corruption, dies at 91 chicagotribune.com/2025/05/02/for…

I can't believe I end my fellowship in two weeks with The New York Times. It's been an incredible growing experience and I'm thankful to all who supported me during it. I am planning to stay in D.C. and return to freelance life. Please keep me in mind for any assignments/stories!

Today the EU General Court delivered its judgment in a case brought by The New York Times to access text messages between the president of the European Commission and @Pfizer CEO to negotiate a multibillion euro deal for Covid vaccines.

My latest byline for the The New York Times, reporting for the national desk on the effect of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling making many immigrants who came to the United States legally, including Haitians in New Jersey, vulnerable to deportation. nytimes.com/2025/05/31/us/…