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Lynn Sweet

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April Perry, nominated by President Joe Biden to be Chicago’s U.S. attorney.
Politics
Is time running out for April Perry to become Chicago’s first female U.S. attorney?
By Jon Seidel  and Lynn Sweet
 
U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel speaks during an interview with The Associated Press Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, at the ambassador's residence in Tokyo.
Politics
Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Michigan home spray-painted with the word ‘Nazis’
By Emmanuel Camarillo , Lynn Sweet , and 1 more
 
President Joe Biden speaks to United Auto Workers on Thursday at the Community Building Complex in Belvidere.
Politics
Biden stumps for unions and himself during UAW celebration in Belvidere
By David Roeder , Emmanuel Camarillo , and 1 more
 
Mayor Brandon Johnson went to Capitol Hill Thursday and met with Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Delia Ramirez and Jonathan Jackson, all Illinois Democrats.
Politics
In Washington, Mayor Brandon Johnson pushes for more federal help to deal with migrant crisis
By Lynn Sweet
 
Photo of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, one of five hostages with Illinois connections taken by Hamas on Oct. 7.
Politics
Son of Chicagoans, Hersh Goldberg-Polin among five Hamas hostages with Illinois ties
By Kaitlin Washburn  and Lynn Sweet
 
Judith Raanan, 59, and her daughter Natalie, 17.
Politics
‘It’s a miracle’: Evanston mom and daughter held hostage by Hamas released after almost two weeks
By Kaitlin Washburn , Mitchell Armentrout , and 2 more
 
An aerial view — looking north — of the Barack Obama Presidential Center construction site. The Museum of Science and Industry, in the background, will be connected to the Obama Center campus when the project is completed.
Arts & Culture
Halfway built, the Obama Presidential Center is already a South Side landmark
By Lynn Sweet
 
U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley, co-chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, speaks to students, many of whom came from Ukraine, at St. Nicholas Cathedral School in the Ukrainian Village neighborhood, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022.
Why Chicago Rep. Mike Quigley was the only Democrat to vote no on the House stopgap funding bill
By Lynn Sweet
 
The Rev. Jesse Jackson is stepping down as leader of Rainbow PUSH, a civil rights organization he founded five decades ago.
Rev. Jesse Jackson stepping down as president of Rainbow PUSH
By Lynn Sweet
 
Former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle made rare statements in the wake of the Supreme Court gutting affirmative action.
Obamas react to the Supreme Court gutting affirmative action — share personal experiences
By Lynn Sweet
 
President Joe Biden greets Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, and Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Ill., at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021.
Politics
Joe Biden, on fundraising blitz for 2024 campaign, headlines two events in Chicago Wednesday
By Lynn Sweet
 
President Joe Biden greets Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, left, and Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Ill., at O’Hare International Airport in 2021.
Politics
President Biden to visit Chicago for June 28 fundraiser hosted by Gov. JB Pritzker and wife, MK
By Lynn Sweet
 
Flanked by Illinois elected officials and supporters, Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison speaks during a news conference on the Near West Side about the possibility of the DNC choosing Chicago for its 2024 convention, July 26, 2022.
DNC 2024
Chicago to host 2024 Democratic National Convention
By Lynn Sweet
 
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the C.W. Avery Family YMCA in Plainfield, Illinois, Friday afternoon, June 24, 2022.
Politics
Vice president hits Chicago Wednesday to tout Biden administration achievements
By Lynn Sweet
 
Nick Fuentes right-wing podcaster, center right in sunglasses, greets supporters before speaking at a pro-Trump march, Nov. 14, 2020, in Washington.
Politics
GOP leaders McCarthy, McConnell condemn Nick Fuentes, whose path to hate started in Chicago suburbs
By Lynn Sweet
 
Nick Fuentes, raised in suburban Chicago, attended the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017, and was present on the Capitol grounds in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021.
White supremacist, Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes, who met with Ye and Trump, raised in suburban Chicago
By Lynn Sweet
 
Democrats kept key Congressional seats in Illinois
Politics
Democrats kept key Congressional seats in Illinois
By Lynn Sweet  and Lauren Frost
 
WBEZ
Politics
Biden, in Joliet to bolster Rep. Lauren Underwood, calls Medicare, Social Security critics ‘idiots’
By Lynn Sweet