Former Wisconsin judge spared prison for obstructing ICE arrest of Mexican immigrant • Ald. Marty Quinn won’t run for reelection, in first City Council retirement of this cycle
The Spin Wednesday, July 8, 2026 | | |
| | | | | Indiana Gov. Mike Braun discussed his Chicago Bears playbook Wednesday, saying the bid for a Hammond stadium is in the red zone. | | | | | Former Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan was spared from prison Wednesday for ushering a Mexican defendant out of her courtroom to evade U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. | | | | | The political lieutenant of former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan has opposed Mayor Brandon Johnson in a handful of legislative skirmishes. | | | | | The U.S. carried out another round of strikes on Iran on Wednesday, hours after President Donald Trump said that recent Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz signaled the end of the ceasefire. | | | | | A federal grand jury indicted Democratic state Rep. Carol Ammons of Urbana on wire fraud and other charges. | | | | | Bolingbrook Mayor Mary Alexander-Basta and Homer Glen Mayor Christina Neitzke-Troike urge residents to attend an ICC hearing July 14. | | | | | The writer E. Jean Carroll can collect $5.8 million held in escrow since a jury found that President Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed her, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. | | | | | President Donald Trump took aim at his NATO partners at a summit in Turkey on Wednesday, saying he was unhappy with the alliance for pushing back against his efforts to take control of Greenland and for not supporting his war in Iran. | | | |