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Stratton acknowledged the need to keep food assistance running and federal workers paid but said those priorities should not come at the expense of healthcare access. #funding #democrats

Those two concessions were as far as Republican leaders were willing to go to end the ongoing shutdown, which has lasted a record-long 40 days as Democrats held out over health care policy demands. #shutdown #funding #deal

Federal prosecutors said Derek Lopez, 27, of El Paso, Illinois, was arrested on October 28 and is facing one count of making threats against the president. #threats

Undocumented immigrants languish for days in squalid conditions with little food or water, sometimes so overcrowded that there’s barely enough room to lay on the floor, according to the complaint. #detained #ice

“With Donald Trump’s tariffs hyper-charging inflation and the costs of groceries, property taxes and everyday items on the rise, the last thing working-class and poor communities in Chicago, the Southland and Central Illinois need is another shock to their pocketbooks from utility costs,” Preston said in a statement. #consumer #energy

St. Peters said Trump’s recent push to import beef from Argentina, meant to lower grocery costs, is instead hurting farmers: cattle prices drop up to 12% while grocery prices rise. #beef

President Donald Trump’s Oct. 4 order to federalize, or take control of, 300 members of the Illinois National Guard, along with the deployment of 200 Texas guardsmen and another 16 troops from California, has been blocked since last week. #trump

“No Kings is about defending the ideals we fought for. This country doesn’t belong to dictators. It belongs to the people,” said Barbara Parker, DuPage Township Clerk. #protest

“Folks all across this district have made it clear that they want someone they can trust to not only take on Donald Trump, but also who has a proven track record of actually winning tough fights.” #bid

Coalition members accused ICE and federal agents of targeting immigrants without criminal histories, detaining families, and using force against demonstrators and journalists. #deployment