Chicago Tribune News
Asking Eric: Vegan housemate constantly criticizes friend’s food choices - Chicago Tribune
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s finance reports show trouble raising money, accounting for it - Chicago Tribune
Antony Blinken says he’s worried Trump administration may abandon key Biden foreign policy initiatives - Chicago Tribune
David Grumman, engineer who focused on energy efficiency and air quality, dies - Chicago Tribune
How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threat - Chicago Tribune
For TikTok users, mourning, frustration and clinging to hope as TikTok ban looms - Chicago Tribune
What will happen to TikTok on Apple and Google’s app store on Sunday? - Chicago Tribune
Afternoon Briefing: Pro-Trump Latino business leaders launch campaign - Chicago Tribune
Portage Park man charged in connection to pregnant partner’s shooting death - Chicago Tribune
Censured Naperville D203 board member says she wants evidence against her made public: ‘They’ve taken away my credibility’ - Chicago Tribune
U.S. Politics
What is an oligarchy, and is the United States poised to become one? - The Conversation
Joe Biden ends 5 decades in public life: 'One of the great tragedies of American politics' - NBC News
American Battleground: Trump and his quest for power prepare to confront the realities of winning - CNN
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Looks to Trump and the U.S. to Avoid Prison - The New York Times
Once an interloper, Trump returns to White House more powerful than before - Reuters
Pam Bondi claims justice department ‘targeted’ Trump but says she won’t pursue ‘political’ prosecutions – as it happened - The Guardian US
What is an oligarchy? The warning Biden issued in his farewell, explained. - The Washington Post
An Economist exclusive on Tulsi Gabbard - The Economist
Equal Rights Amendment should be considered ratified addition to U.S. Constitution, Biden says - The Globe and Mail
United States News
Canada Prepares for Trump Tariff Threat With Three-Stage Plan - The New York Times
The United States Dedicates New Consulate Site in Bengaluru - U.S. Embassy and Consulates in India
US issues sanctions on Sudanese army chief Burhan - Reuters
What is an oligarchy, and is the United States poised to become one? - The Conversation
Polar vortex maps show where arctic blast is set to freeze the U.S. as far as the Deep South - CBS News
TikTok says it will ‘go dark’ in US on Sunday unless Biden acts - The Guardian
U.S. Support for the United Nations Group of Experts Report on the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo - Department of State
Where will it snow in the US? See where the polar vortex is set to make an icy impact - USA TODAY
Politics
Joe Biden ends 5 decades in public life: 'One of the great tragedies of American politics' - NBC News
Pamela Brown details phone call with Trump after Supreme Court’s TikTok ruling | CNN Politics - CNN
As Biden wraps up half-century political career, his failure to turn page on Trump weighs on president - Fox News
Since Donald Trump last entered the White House, the Supreme Court created a more powerful president - CNN
The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics - POLITICO
‘I’m Still Here’ Review: When Politics Invades a Happy Home - The New York Times
Politics - The Economist
Cuba’s release of prisoners motivated by economics and politics, expert says - Catholic News Agency
Nevada GOP governor tells Democratic-controlled Legislature to set politics aside, find compromise - ABC News
Biden says he spent too much time on policy, not enough on politics - The Hill