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“Scares the hell out of me”: Chicagoans react and push back as Trump sends troops into Black-led city

President Donald Trump‘s deployment of the military in Chicago has resulted in clashes in court and on the streets as local leaders and activists fight to end what they say is an “invasion” of the majority Black and brown city. On the heels of what Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker described as a “military-style” ICE raid of an apartment building in a majority-Black neighborhood in Chicago that resulted in women and children being zip-tied, the state and city of Chicago filed […]

todayOctober 6, 2025 1

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Trump revives threat to send National Guard to Chicago, calling Black-led city a ‘death trap’

President Donald Trump revived his threat to deploy the National Guard to Chicago, setting up a political and legal battle in the Democratic-controlled city and state of Illinois. “I’m going to Chicago early,” Trump said at the White House on Tuesday as he left for the U.K. The president said of the majority-Black and brown city: “Chicago is a death trap.” Trump had seemingly backed off his vow to send troops on the ground in the Windy City following a […]

todaySeptember 16, 2025

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Governor Wes Moore invites Trump to tour Baltimore amid threats to Black-led cities

As President Donald Trump continues to call out urban cities led by Black mayors amid his proclaimed “crime emergency” in Washington, D.C., Wes Moore, the governor of neighboring Maryland, has invited the president to visit his state for a walking tour of Baltimore. The invitation, which was included in a letter addressed to Trump on Thursday, is intended to showcase Baltimore’s progress in reducing crime rates in recent years. “In the first six months of 2025, the Baltimore Police Department […]

todayAugust 22, 2025

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Baltimore Mayor Scott slams ‘racist’ views of Black-led cities after Trump’s DC takeover

As Washington, D.C., grapples with President Donald Trump‘s federal takeover, the U.S. capital’s neighboring Baltimore City mayor is calling out what he sees as a clear racial lens in how the White House and the Republican Party view predominantly Black and brown cities. “It’s very notable that each and every one of the cities called out by the president has a Black mayor,” Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott told CNN’s Laura Coates Monday night. Earlier that day, Trump held a press […]

todayAugust 12, 2025 1