Cory Booker, Ed Markey and others urge Linda McMahon to step in amid violent crackdowns near Chicago schools

A group of Democratic senators have demanded that the Department of Education stop immigration enforcement activities from taking place close to schools, following several violent crackdowns near school grounds in Chicago.

Although the raids are conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which is under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the senators are making an appeal directly to the education secretary, Linda McMahon.

They said aggressive actions were affecting the safety of students.

“Federal agents continue to use unwarranted, excessive levels of force around Chicago, demonstrating an alarming lack of care or regard for the health and wellbeing of children, particularly by conducting unfocused, inflammatory operations within close proximity of school grounds,” the senators wrote, according to NBC News.

“We demand you pressure your colleague, secretary of homeland security Kristi Noem, to reinstate restrictions on federal immigration enforcement operations in and around places of education.”

Democratic senators call on education department to stop ICE raids by schools

Cory Booker, Ed Markey and others urge Linda McMahon to step in amid violent crackdowns near Chicago schools

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/24/democratic-senators-ice-raids-schools

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democratic-senators-call-on-education-department-to-stop-ice-raids-by-schools/ar-AA1P7vQK

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed an executive order Thursday authorizing the creation of an accountability commission after the deployment of federal officers to the state.

At a news conference, Pritzker announced the creation of the Illinois Accountability Commission, dedicated to “truth, transparency and justice.” Tensions have risen in the state as demonstrators call for more accountability from Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.

“I am angry because this is not the country that I want for us,” Pritzker said. “This is not the country that any of us thought that we were living in. And yet here it is, nine months into an administration, I wish we didn’t have to do this. Can you imagine that we have to do this in this country?”

Pritzker said the commission will have three core missions: Creating a public record of the alleged abuses, capturing the impact on families and communities and recommending actions to prevent further harm and to pursue justice.

https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/border-coverage/gov-pritzker-executive-order-federal-deployments

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/pritzker-calls-for-truth-justice-in-response-to-trump-takeover/ar-AA1P3bOB

Indivisible co-founder Ezra Levin joins MSNBC’s Jacob Soboroff to discuss why laughter and ridicule, not fear, are driving the movement’s fight against Donald Trump’s authoritarianism.

‘Power and joy’: How protestors are rejecting Trump’s fear tactics

Indivisible co-founder Ezra Levin joins MSNBC’s Jacob Soboroff to discuss why laughter and ridicule, not fear, are driving the movement’s fight against Donald Trump’s authoritarianism.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/power-and-joy-how-protestors-are-rejecting-trump-s-fear-tactics/vi-AA1P0Rk4

During today’s White House press briefing, press secretary Karoline Leavitt admitted that Trump’s government shutdown is hurting the American people. Leavitt stated, “Innocent Americans are suffering.”

‘Innocent Americans Are Suffering’: Karoline Leavitt Accidentally Tells The Truth, Admits Trump’s Government Shutdown Is Hurting The American People

During today’s White House press briefing, press secretary Karoline Leavitt admitted that Trump’s government shutdown is hurting the American people. Leavitt stated, “Innocent Americans are suffering.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/innocent-americans-are-suffering-karoline-leavitt-accidentally-tells-the-truth-admits-trump-s-government-shutdown-is-hurting-the-american-people/vi-AA1P3QAp

Author Haley Cohen Gilliland joins MSNBC’s Ari Melber on The Beat to discuss her new book, “A Flower Traveled In My Blood,” and the lessons it draws from Argentina and democracy under President Trump.

Lessons from Argentina raise red flags for U.S. democracy under Trump

Author Haley Cohen Gilliland joins MSNBC’s Ari Melber on The Beat to discuss her new book, “A Flower Traveled In My Blood,” and the lessons it draws from Argentina and democracy under President Trump. (The Beat’s daily podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast…)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/lessons-from-argentina-raise-red-flags-for-u-s-democracy-under-trump/vi-AA1P3rP8

The deputy chief of staff’s power at the White House appears to know no bounds, and his voice is one of the most influential in the President’s ear

If civil war begins in the US – and with Donald Trump’s commitment to deploying troops on the country’s streets, there is every possibility that it might – Stephen Miller will probably view it as his own personal, signature achievement.

No figure in Trump’s inner circle exhibits more zealotry than Miller – the White House deputy chief of staff for policy – about the revolutionary ambitions of the “Make America Great Again” movement. Nor more of a willingness to lay waste the country’s constitutional guardrails in an effort to supercharge the President’s powers, disregard Congress, and ignore court rulings that fail to go the administration’s way.

Last week, even Trump acknowledged the extremism of the Rottweiler in his midst.

Stephen Miller is Trump’s Rottweiler. Now he wants to dismantle the Democrats

The deputy chief of staff’s power at the White House appears to know no bounds, and his voice is one of the most influential in the President’s ear

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/stephen-miller-is-trump-s-rottweiler-now-he-wants-to-dismantle-the-democrats/ar-AA1P2ev6

During the fracas at the Coast Guard base, federal agents deployed apparent flash-bang grenades to disperse the crowd and fired a pepper round that struck a clergyman near the chin. The impact caked his face and clothing in orange powder.

The Rev. Jorge Bautista, pastor of the College Heights United Church of Christ in San Mateo, said an agent shot him in the face with the projectile from about 5 feet away.

“I’m in a lot of pain,” Bautista texted the Chronicle from an emergency room in Oakland. “He clearly was aiming for the face.”

Protest of Bay Area immigration crackdown met with apparent stun grenades at Coast Guard base

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/federal-immigration-action-operation-protest-21115746.php

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/protest-of-bay-area-immigration-crackdown-met-with-apparent-stun-grenades-at-coast-guard-base/ar-AA1P3hfx

During a cabinet meeting earlier this month, Donald Trump scrambled for a way out when a reporter pressed him on the soybean farmers who are currently suffering because of his tariffs. Trump ordered Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to somehow blame it all on former President Joe Biden. 

‘Talk About How Biden Let Us Down’: Trump Scrambles, Orders Cabinet Member To Somehow Blame Biden When Pressed On His Tariffs Destroying Farmers

During a cabinet meeting earlier this month, Donald Trump scrambled for a way out when a reporter pressed him on the soybean farmers who are currently suffering because of his tariffs. Trump ordered Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to somehow blame it all on former President Joe Biden.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/talk-about-how-biden-let-us-down-trump-scrambles-orders-cabinet-member-to-somehow-blame-biden-when-pressed-on-his-tariffs-destroying-farmers/vi-AA1P20AV

President Trump’s disapproval rating has slumped to a new low for this term. MSNBC’s Ari Melber reports.

47 now below Biden’s low as when he quit after debate

President Trump’s disapproval rating has slumped to a new low for this term. MSNBC’s Ari Melber reports. (The Beat’s daily podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast…)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/47-now-below-biden-s-low-as-when-he-quit-after-debate/vi-AA1P3Gkx

Former President Donald Trump snapped at a Reuters reporter who asked him about plans to demolish the White House’s East Wing. He cut off the question and insulted the journalist, calling ….

Trump lashes out at reporter over East Wing demolition question

Former President Donald Trump snapped at a Reuters reporter who asked him about plans to demolish the White House’s East Wing. He cut off the question and insulted the journalist, calling th…

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/trump-lashes-out-at-reporter-over-east-wing-demolition-question/vi-AA1P2Yzn