Tina Sfondeles
@TinaSfon
national political reporter @suntimes; past: White House reporter @politico; politics correspondent @insider; [email protected] 🇺🇸🇬🇷🇵🇱
“Someone is threatening to harm themself” U.S. Marshals warn people to stay away during ongoing emergency at Dirksen Federal Courthouse DEVELOPING: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/07/…
SCOOP: The Pentagon’s inspector general has received evidence that messages from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Signal account previewing a U.S. bombing campaign in Yemen derived from a classified email labeled “SECRET/NOFORN,” people familiar with the matter said.
JUST IN: Former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan formally files a notice of appeal in his historic corruption case.
White House faces backlash after booting The Wall Street Journal from Scotland media plans nbcnews.com/politics/white… via @nbcnews
Former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore gets two years in prison for plot aimed at Mike Madigan. From @Suntimes: chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-corrup…
The new House breakdown is 219 Republicans, 212 Democrats after Rep. Mark Green vacated his seat yesterday. Now four vacancies — created by Green (R) and the deaths of Connolly (D), Grijalva (D) and Turner (D).
The Chair read a letter of retirement from @RepMarkGreen noting his resignation to be effective July 20th.
Trump Says He Doesn’t ‘Draw Pictures.’ But Many of His Sketches Sold at Auction. nytimes.com/2025/07/18/us/… via @tylerpager
Cook County Dem Party decides not to slate anyone in the Senate race to replace Dick Durbin. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton spoke before the party; Rep. Robin Kelly had a surrogate after missing a flight amid late night House votes.
Sen. Dick Durbin calls $9B in cuts to foreign aid, public broadcasting a 'serious mistake' chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/… @TinaSfon @Suntimes @WBEZ
Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, a former federal prosecutor, is among the 900 former Justice Department employees who signed onto a letter protesting Emil Bove’s judicial nomination.
*900* former Justice Department employees express alarm over Emil Bove’s embattled judicial nomination. They’ve seen up close what it means to uphold the law. Bove won’t do it.
Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham stir up reunion hopes in Fleetwood Mac faithfuls | CNN cnn.com/2025/07/17/ent…
Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients' personal data, including addresses, to ICE apnews.com/article/immigr…
With President Trump’s plan to rescind $9.4 billion in federal aid and public broadcasting funds, public radio and television stations in Illinois are closer to a worst-case funding scenario that local media leaders are calling a “critical gut punch.” trib.al/77ZcPx3
‘Governor JB Pritzker pens letter urging President Trump's education secretary to unfreeze $6.8B in grants.’ @TinaSfon reports. chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/…
Local public media stations brace for 'worst case scenario' after Senate approves cuts to NPR, PBS wbez.org/nation-world/2… @TinaSfon @Suntimes @WBEZ
News: President Trump is NOT happy the Senate hasn't confirmed more of his ambassadors. Republicans might cut some recess for them "The administration would like us to perhaps cancel some of the August recess in order to get these through,” Sen. Barrasso said. "We may see that"
NEW: Ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan asks judge for freedom while he appeals his conviction From @Suntimes: chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-corrup…
#BREAKING Former ComEd lobbyist John Hooker has been sentenced to one-and-a-half years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to influence ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. (pic by @Ashlee_Rezin)
Shah: "Lobbyists, corporate executives, public officials — whether in Springfield, Chicago or Washington, D.C. — should be reminded that there are still crimes on the books."