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Fox News announced on Tuesday that it has hired Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, an architect of the Affordable Care Act, as a paid contributor. Emanuel, the brother of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, will make appearances on both the Fox News Channel and its sister channel, the Fox Business Network.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel mocked Gov. Bruce Rauner in a lengthy rant Thursday, saying he would donate $1,000 to charity if a reporter could provide evidence the governor has presented a full state budget plan while in office. "I've asked the Police Department to get the hound dogs out to go find it.
Democrats need to "take a chill pill" because they aren't going to have national power anytime soon, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says. "It ain't gonna happen in 2018," Emanuel said Monday at Stanford's Graduate School of Business in California, according to the Chigaco Tribune .
Willis Tower in Chicago is preparing for a $500 million face-lift under an ambitious plan Mayor Rahm Emanuel supports. The renovations call for six levels of entertainment, restaurant and retail space, which could become an attraction for thousands of building employees and 1.7 million yearly visitors drawn to the observation deck on the 103rd floor.
At the start of this year, the Chicago Police Department unveiled a list of tactics to combat violence following one of the deadliest years in the city in decades. But nearly one month into the new year, the numbers of shootings and homicides are nearly identical to the first month of 2016.
Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson says he is on a waiting list for a kidney transplant because of a condition he has been dealing with for 32 years. Johnson's health became an issue Friday after he suffered an episode of dizziness during a news conference on city efforts to tamp down gun violence.
The elite Left and their propagandists in the media are already in hysterics over President Trump's first week in office, but for most Americans there are no surprises here. The President is doing exactly what he has said he would do for the last two years on the campaign immediately get to work focusing on jobs, immigration, and shrinking government.
While President Donald Trump continues his jeremiad against urban life, the nation's mayors see poverty as their number one economic problem. n his inaugural address, President Donald Trump returned to his familiar urban script.
A tweet by President Trump Tuesday night signaled curbing violence in Chicago is near the top of his to-do list: "If Chicago doesn't fix the horrible 'carnage' going on I will send in the Feds!" But when pressed by ABC News' David Muir on what that means in an exclusive interview, Trump offered no specifics. "I want them to fix the problem.
A day after President Donald Trump declared he was ready to "send in the Feds" if Chicago can't reduce its homicides, Mayor Rahm Emanuel warned against deploying the National Guard, saying it would hurt efforts to restore trust in the police. Trump offered no details on what kind of federal intervention he was suggesting or if it could involve troops, but the mayor cautioned using the military could make matters worse.
Despite the president's action today, the City Council voted to reaffirm Chicago's status as a "sanctuary city," which provides some protection against deportation for undocumented immigrants. President Donald Trump cracked down on sanctuary cities like Chicago and signed an executive order today that could block federal funding.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and aldermen said Chicago will remain a sanctuary city despite President Donald Trump's executive order to cut off some federal funding from immigrant-protecting municipalities. On Wednesday, as news was breaking that Trump has signed the executive order, the City Council overwhelmingly voted in favor of a resolution to reaffirm Chicago's status as a sanctuary city.
The Chicago City Council also approved a symbolic resolution Wednesday that looks to protect and honor all city residents regardless of race, ethnicity, immigration status, criminal record, sexual orientation and gender identity Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said the city will "stay a sanctuary city" after President Donald Trump signed an executive action to block federal grants from such cities. NBC5's Trina Orlando reports.
The Latest on President Donald Trump's tweet indicating he would "send in the Feds" to bring down Chicago's homicide rate : Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has welcomed federal help with the city's violence problem but said that just letting police get "tough and rough" would undermine efforts to build trust in the city's crime-plagued communities. Emanuel made the statements on Wednesday, a day after President Donald Trump tweeted that he would "send in the Feds!" if the high rates of homicides and shootings didn't improve in Chicago.
In a post on Tuesday night, Trump said that if Chicago can't reduce its homicide figures, he will "send in the Feds!" He described the violence as "carnage." If Chicago doesn't fix the horrible "carnage" going on, 228 shootings in 2017 with 42 killings , I will send in the Feds! Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel acknowledged his own frustration with Chicago's crime rate Monday, but also criticized Trump for worrying about the size of the crowd at his inauguration .
Trump tweeted Tuesday night, "If Chicago doesn't fix the horrible 'carnage' going on, 228 shootings in 2017 with 42 killings , I will send in the Feds!" Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel criticized Trump on Monday for worrying about the size of the crowd at his inauguration. Emanuel, a longtime political ally of former President Barack Obama, also acknowledged his own frustration with Chicago's crime rate.
The Chicago Police Department is gathering records to turn over to prosecutors trying to identify wrongful convictions tied to corrupt former Sgt. Ronald Watts, according to a police spokesman.
Chicago officials are pledging to revamp the city Police Department following a scathing federal report, but a change in presidential administrations could spell uncertainty for the critical next step in the process: negotiating a court-enforceable improvement plan with the Justice Department. A report released Friday in the final days of Attorney General Loretta Lynch's tenure found that police in the nation's second-largest department had violated the constitutional rights of residents for years, including the frequent use of excessive force, shooting at people who did not pose imminent threats and using stun guns on others only because they refused to follow commands.
In this Dec. 4, 1969 file photo, Chicago police remove the body of Fred Hampton, leader of the Illinois Black Panther party, who was slain in a gun battle with police on Chicago's west side.