Rep. Jonathan L. Jackson @rep_jackson

Congratulations to Hon. Navi Pillay on winning the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize! Your tireless efforts to promote peace, advance justice, uphold international law, and defend human rights are an inspiration to the world. May your remarkable legacy continue to guide our collective pursuit of a more just and peaceful world. #NobelPeacePrize #Justice #Peace

The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize

14 hours ago

BREAKING NEWS The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2026 #NobelPeacePrize to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law. #NobelPrize

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Mike Ditka was Chicago through and through, a Hall of Fame player and the coach who brought this city its only Super Bowl title, and he did it with a toughness every Bears fan saw in themselves. My deepest sympathy goes to his family and to everyone bleeding navy and orange today. #MikeDitka #ChicagoPride

ESPN @espn

7 hours ago

Mike Ditka, whose legendary career as a player and Super Bowl-winning coach landed him in the Hall of Fame, has died at the age of 86, his family announced.

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What Hasan did at Fort Hood was evil and nothing excuses it, but a government that streams executions for public consumption is borrowing from the playbook of regimes like Iran. America should show the world what the rule of law looks like, not put death on a livestream.

CBS News @CBSNews

24 hours ago

The U.S. military plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, the ex-Army major who was convicted of the 2009 killing of 13 people at Fort Hood, when he faces a firing squad on Dec. 3, a Pentagon official said. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said earlier Thursday the

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Happy heavenly 85th birthday to my father, Reverend Jesse L. Jackson. From a segregated library in Greenville to the national stage, my father spent his life insisting that everybody is somebody, and that belief still guides the work I do for the First District every single day. This is our first birthday without him, and we carry his fight forward with love. #ReverendJackson #JesseJackson #iamsomebody

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A new USDA rule taking effect November 4 could cost roughly 5,000 grocers in underserved areas their SNAP authorization, and retailers still haven't received the guidance to comply. Because of that, my colleagues and I are URGING USDA to delay it before families lose their nearest store. Closing the only store in the neighborhood isn't improving food access, it's ending it!

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Democracy only works when people can raise their voices in the streets, and at the ballot box, without fear of reprisal. The people of Pakistan deserve free and fair elections, and I'm proud to stand with them!

BBC News (World) @BBCWorld

5 days ago

Supporters of jailed ex-PM Imran Khan march to Pakistan capital bbc.in/4hvYN1q

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Applications are now open for spring 2027 internships in my Chicago and Washington, DC offices, and I want young people from the South Side, the south suburbs, and all across Illinois to know there’s a seat at this table for you! Our interns do real work serving the people of the 1st District, from helping constituents navigate federal agencies to seeing how legislation gets made up close, so if you’re ready to learn how public service actually works, apply by Friday, October 30th at jonathanjackson.house.gov/internships, or scan the QR code above! #internship #students #apply #washingtondc #chicago

Chatham is a gem, a proud and hardworking neighborhood built by public servants, working families, and people who sacrificed to make a home here. My heart is with Edimari’s family, and I joined @OmarJimenez with @CNN to make sure the country understands what this community will need in the months ahead. Healing takes counselors, clinics, and crisis care, and H.R.1’s Medicaid cuts put that care at risk for up to 500,000 Illinoisans right when families like these need it most. That is not the future Chatham deserves, and I will keep fighting in Washington until every family here can get the care they need.

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ABC News @ABC

a week ago

Major changes are coming on Oct. 1 for the tens of millions of Americans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for food assistance from the federal government. abcnews.link/LRYUyie

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As of today, the Big UGLY Bill's cuts to SNAP and Medicaid are hitting home for families across IL-01. If you or someone you love lost benefits or coverage, call (800) 843-6154 for SNAP or 1-877-805-5312 for Medicaid. Be sure to share this so no one in our district is left without help!

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Honored to join @Rep_Stansbury and @RepKweisiMfume in the fight to preserve our history! #HandsOff #HandsOffOurHistory #HandsOffTheSmithsonian

Rep. Melanie Stansbury @Rep_Stansbury

a week ago

As the President attacks the Kennedy Center, the free press, and the Smithsonian, his intentions are clear: He wants to not only rewrite our history, but control how it’s told.  That’s the first page in the authoritarian playbook. And the only reason we know that is because

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This speech is shameful! While Secretary Hegseth plays political games at the Pentagon, he’s gutting the ranks of admirals and generals even as the Trump administration wages reckless, illegal wars on multiple fronts. The stakes are too high for slurs instead of strategy. Sec. Hegseth must resign before the damage he is doing reaches an entire generation!

CSPAN @cspan

a week ago

Defense Secretary @PeteHegseth says it is the end of the "woke department" in the Department of Defense: "No fatties, no tr*nnies, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals, just warriors."

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Medicaid keeps South Side families healthy, and it keeps the hospitals that serve them open. I sat down with Ben Gibson of @UChicagoMed and Erin Lane from the Office of the President at @UChicago to talk about what the cuts coming out of Washington will mean for patients in IL-01 and how we protect the coverage our neighbors count on. This is a conversation I want to keep having with all of you, so stay tuned for ways to be part of it. #Medicare #Medicaid #UChicago #UChicagoMed

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I had the pleasure of sitting down with Matt McGill on @wvon1690 to talk about what Trump’s so-called Big Beautiful Bill is doing to families on the South Side and across the country. The average SNAP recipient is getting by on about six dollars and ten cents a day for meals, and this bill still cut $190 billion from the program so it could hand trillions to the wealthiest Americans. Now 4.6 million people are at risk of losing food assistance. This was a deliberate choice, and in 40 days we get to make ours! #WVON #SNAP #IL01

Most adults play chess their whole lives and never earn a grandmaster title, and Bodhana Sivanandan just did it at just 11 years old! Congratulations, young queen! 👑♟️

CNN @CNN

2 weeks ago

An 11-year-old chess prodigy has become the youngest woman grandmaster of all time, after a strong performance at the 46th Chess Olympiad. cnn.it/4hQZouF

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I am deeply concerned by the seizure of airports in Tigray and the suspension of flights to Mekelle, Axum and Shire. The people of northern Ethiopia have already lived through a devastating war, and roughly one million remain displaced from it. They cannot afford another one. The 2022 peace agreement was hard won, and every party has a responsibility to honor it. I urge the Tigray People's Liberation Front and the federal government to step back from confrontation, protect civilians, and return to dialogue with the support of the African Union. The United States should use its diplomatic weight to keep this peace from collapsing

BBC News Africa @BBCAfrica

2 weeks ago

Reports from Ethiopia say local forces in the northern region of Tigray have seized the airport in the capital, Mekelle. Ethiopian Airlines says it has suspended flights to Mekelle and to the cities of Shire and Axum.

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Reports that the Army is preparing military police, medical and logistics units for possible action in the Caribbean within the next four months should alarm every member of Congress. The President speaking openly about "taking Cuba” isn’t a foreign policy, it’s a threat! Our Constitution gives Congress, not the President, the power to take this country to war. If this administration is planning an unjustified military action against Cuba, it must come to Congress first and make its case to the American people. Our service members, their families, and the American people deserve that honesty, and so do the Cuban people!

CBS News @CBSNews

2 weeks ago

The U.S. Army Reserve is examining whether it can provide the military's Southern Command with police forces, medical personnel and other support units within the next four months, according to an internal Army message reviewed by CBS News. Though the message makes no reference

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