The potential for a showdown over crime in Chicago – not just between law enforcement and crooks but between the federal government and city leaders – is growing.

Alderman Raymond Lopez, a Democrat representing the 15th Ward on Chicago’s West Side, said residents “live in a state of fear.”

The Chicago Stars FC is moving out of Bridgeview, Illinois, and into the north suburbs for their 2026 season. The women's soccer team announced Wednesday they are heading north to Evanston, Illinois, where they will play their next season at Northwestern Medicine Field at martin Stadium.

Officials in Chicago are bracing for a major federal immigration enforcement operation that could begin as soon as this week, with the city’s mayor signing an order over the weekend aimed at resisting the Trump administration’s planned crackdown.

Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton accused President Trump of trying to “manufacture a crisis” to justify an anti-crime takeover and immigration crackdown in Chicago, while the White

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton is combining and shrinking the workspace of the two firms it acquired in Chicago over the past two years.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will direct federal law enforcement intervention to Chicago and Baltimore, despite local officials in both places opposing such moves.