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“In addition to great incompetence and corruption, The Smollett case in Chicago is also about a Hate Crime,” Trump wrote on Twitter.

Pregnant Middle Eastern women are taking advantage of the United States’ policy that gives foreign nationals the ability to secure American citizenship for their children so long as they are born within the parameters of the country.

A judge in Chicago on Thursday afternoon ordered the files of Empire actor Jussie Smollett’s criminal case to be unsealed. 

TEL AVIV – A Christian couple posing as ultra-Orthodox Jews in a heavily Jewish Chicago neighborhood have admitted they did so to spread the word of Jesus.

The Chicago Police are investigating a possible arson after evidence of Molotov cocktails were found outside a Lakeview East synagogue.

“I must say, that I don’t think that you are free in this country if your reproductive health can be criminalized by government,” Buttigieg said.

A pregnant Chicago woman responding to an ad for baby clothes was brutally strangled to death and her unborn baby ripped from her womb.

President Donald Trump labeled the alleged Jussie Smollett hate crime hoax a “disgrace” to the United States during a Wisconsin rally Saturday.

Ola and Abel Osundairo — the brothers who allegedly helped carry out a hate hoax against Empire actor Jussie Smollett — have filed a defamation lawsuit against Smollett’s attorneys Mark Geragos and Tina Glandianin.

A mob of teenagers numbering in the hundreds flooded downtown Chicago on Thursday, attacking people and leaving police struggling to keep the peace.

Newly-released text messages reveal an aide to Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx harshly criticized the Chicago Police Department’s conduct during their investigation into the alleged hate hoax carried by Empire actor Jussie Smollett.

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx referred to actor Jussie Smollett as a “washed up celeb who lied to cops” in texts messages to members of her staff sent roughly two weeks prior to her office dropping all charges against the “Empire” star.

Empire actor Jussie Smollett will no longer co-star in the Broadway revival of the play “Take Me Out” amid lingering charges that the performer staged a hate crime against himself, according to a report.

A historic Depression-era mural has been removed from a Chicago school because it featured a painting of white children.

An Illinois lawmaker has filed a bill in the state capital to separate Chicago from Illinois, thereby creating the 51st state and freeing the state from Chicago’s baleful influence.

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago filed a lawsuit against Jussie Smollett on Thursday in a bid to recoup the costs of investigating a racist, anti-gay attack that authorities say was orchestrated by the “Empire” actor as a publicity stunt, with the city saying — at minimum — that it now wants triple the amount it initially asked Smollett to pay.

“Empire” actor Jussie Smollett looked carefree while vacationing with family in Hawaii Wednesday after rebuffing demands from Chicago officials to repay the investigation costs into his alleged hate hoax. 

A security guard being viciously attacked outside a Chicago McDonald’s managed to draw his gun and completely turn the tables on the reported attackers.

While Cook County prosecutors may have let Empire actor Jussie Smollett off for allegedly staging a hate crime against himself, one legal expert predicts the city of Chicago could still cause him major issues. Chicago officials last Thursday announced plans to file

Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) on Saturday slammed the Chicago police union as the “sworn enemy of black people” for demanding Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx resign over her office’s handling of Empire actor Jussie Smollett’s case, according to the Chicago Tribune. 

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx is facing blistering criticism from an anonymous assistant state’s attorney in her office over the handling of Empire actor Jussie Smollett’s case, who described the situation as “an international laughing stock” in a letter published by CWB Chicago on Monday.

A supporter of Cook County Attorney Kim Foxx, whose office recently dropped all charges against Empire actor Jussie Smollett, refered to the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police as the “Blue Klux Klan” in a Saturday afternoon press conference —  a racial slur the top prosecutor would not refute when asked whether she concurred with the comparison. 

An attorney for Empire actor Jussie Smollett on Thursday responded to Chicago officials demanding repayment for the investigation costs into his alleged hate hoax by threatening his own legal actions, according to the Chicago Tribune.

The city of Chicago will file a civil lawsuit against Empire actor Jussie Smollett for the cost of the investigation into his alleged hate hoax.

Appearing Thursday on ABC’s “The View,” “Empire” actress Taraji P. Henson said that her co-star Jussie Smollett will return to the Fox Entertainment program next season despite accusations of staging a hate crime against himself. 

Ratings for the Fox TV series Empire have just barely improved this week since hitting an all-time low last week after its star, Jussie Smollett, was cleared of felony charges for allegedly faking a hate crime against himself.

CHICAGO (AP) — A deadline is looming for Jussie Smollett to pay more than $130,000 to Chicago for investigative costs into what city authorities say was a staged racist, anti-gay attack or risk getting slapped with a civil lawsuit.

President Donald Trump mocked Empire’s Jussie Smollett as “the actor that nobody ever heard of” in a Tuesday evening speech before the National Republican Congressional Committee.

Smollett’s scheme was so stupid and poorly planned he is now the Wile E. Coyote of hate crimes, which begs for ridicule.

Tuesday’s election in Chicago was a blowout, with first-timer Lori Lightfoot toppling Chicago Democrat Machine candidate Toni Preckwinkle.