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Trump’s free speech faces court-ordered limits – and his lawyers need to watch themselves as well

A 90-minute court hearing on Aug. 11, 2023, that would have been routine in almost any other case was, in fact, historic. It was the first time lawyers prosecuting and defending former President Donald Trump on charges he attempted to overturn the 2020 election appeared before the federal judge in…

Experts say Trump could face a prison sentence between 51 months and 262 months

National security law experts Thomas A. Durkin and Joseph Ferguson talk about the special treatment given Trump — and what might prompt a judge to actually detain him.

Lawyer Thomas A. Durkin has spent much of his career working in national security law, representing clients in a variety of national security and domestic terrorism matters. Joseph Ferguson was a national security prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois, where Durkin was also a…

WBEZ has obtained a city-commissioned report detailing police blunders. But that review helped the officers avoid a formal investigation.

The stunning arrest of 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira on charges of illegally sharing U.S. intelligence has once again renewed questions on the handling of classified documents.

Vallas’s bid for mayor of Chicago was facing criticism for accepting $5,000 from a retired detective named in a $5 million legal settlement.

Of the steps that John Kryl urged his City Hall bosses be taken, “Not a single one of these things was done,” a community activist says.