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According to a senior official, the White House plans to assume responsibility for press briefing room seating assignments as part of the Trump administration’s most recent display of control over the press corps. The White House Correspondents’ Association, an independent organization that currently distributes seats and oversees relations between the White House and the press [...]

As the world welcomed its first American pope, one burning question had Chicagoans buzzing: Cubs or Sox? Contents “Family always knows best”Sports loyaltiesPope’s favorite soccer team Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, grew up in a house divided. Born in Bronzeville and raised in the south suburbs, his mother was a devout Cubs fan from [...]

In a rare show of bipartisan cooperation, the U.S. Senate voted 51-48 to pass a resolution opposing proposed tariffs on Canadian imports. The resolution aims to overturn a national emergency declaration that had been used to justify the tariffs. Four Republican senators—Rand Paul, Susan Collins, Mitch McConnell, and Lisa Murkowski—joined Democrats in supporting the measure, [...]