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Illinois consumers face high health insurance prices, with Obamacare subsidies still in limbo after shutdown • Bird flu cases are on the rise again, including 2 million turkeys. Will that affect your Thanksgiving dinner?
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Monday, November 17, 2025

FAA lifts order slashing flights, allowing commercial airlines to resume their regular schedules

The Federal Aviation Administration said Sunday it is lifting all restrictions on commercial flights that were imposed at 40 major airports during the country’s longest government shutdown.

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Illinois consumers face high health insurance prices, with Obamacare subsidies still in limbo after shutdown

Hundreds of thousands of Illinois residents will face higher health care costs if the federal government doesn’t extend enhanced tax credits.

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Bird flu cases are on the rise again, including 2 million turkeys. Will that affect your Thanksgiving dinner?

Turkeys make up approximately 2% of the entire U.S. poultry inventory, but account for 24% of new cases in commercial and backyard flocks.

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Brazilian coffee, beef and tropical fruit will still be tariffed 40%, says Brazil’s vice president

Brazilian Vice President Geraldo Alckmin said Saturday that Brazilian exported goods to the U.S. including coffee, beef and tropical fruits would still be tariffed 40%, despite President Donald Trump’s decision to remove some import taxes.

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President Trump, like Biden before him, finds there’s no quick fix on inflation

Just like the president who came before him, Trump is trying to sell the country on his plans to create factory jobs and lower prescription drug costs.

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Local 150 members, politicians picket outside Michigan City data center site

Picketers claim they’re concerned that Project Maize developers hired out-of-state workers for construction instead of local and union workers.

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USDA data casts doubt on China’s soybean purchase promises touted by President Donald Trump

New data the Agriculture Department released Friday created serious doubts about whether China will really buy millions of bushels of American soybeans like the Trump administration touted last month.

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Camping World co-founder Marcus Lemonis sells Streeterville condo for $3.3M

Lemonis has bought and sold numerous Chicago-area residential properties.

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