Michael Loria
@michael-loria.bsky.social
usa today reporter in chicago, mainly
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Quite a Black Friday afternoon from President Trump: Trying to strike down former President Joe Biden's executive orders; pardoning the former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking; and wading in on Honduran elections, while telling Maduro to stay out.
November 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Quite a Black Friday afternoon from President Trump: Trying to strike down former President Joe Biden's executive orders; pardoning the former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking; and wading in on Honduran elections, while telling Maduro to stay out.
"When people withdraw themselves from the gears of the machine, that’s power, and service members need to know they have power to withdraw their consent," Aaron Hughes, a veteran, told @usatoday.com.
Here's a look at vets calling for troops to claim conscientious objection.
Here's a look at vets calling for troops to claim conscientious objection.
Can National Guardsmen deployed to US cities claim conscientious objection?
Some veterans view National Guard deployments to U.S. cities as unlawful and argue soldiers better uphold American values by resisting the orders.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
"When people withdraw themselves from the gears of the machine, that’s power, and service members need to know they have power to withdraw their consent," Aaron Hughes, a veteran, told @usatoday.com.
Here's a look at vets calling for troops to claim conscientious objection.
Here's a look at vets calling for troops to claim conscientious objection.
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More than three weeks after Pritzker drew national attention for creating an “accountability commission,” aimed at Trump’s ICE raids, there is no apparent way for public to report allegations of misconduct yet. Story by @petrellareports.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/17/p...
Gov. JB Pritzker’s Accountability Commission still ramping up as federal immigration surge starts to subside
More than three weeks after Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker created the commission, there is no apparent way for the public to report misconduct by federal immigration agents.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
More than three weeks after Pritzker drew national attention for creating an “accountability commission,” aimed at Trump’s ICE raids, there is no apparent way for public to report allegations of misconduct yet. Story by @petrellareports.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/17/p...
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Officials in Charlotte, North Carolina, are bracing for a surge of federal agents as President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration widens.
Charlotte braces for surge of immigration agents as Trump's crackdown widens
Officials in Charlotte, North Carolina, are bracing for a surge of federal agents as President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration widens.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Officials in Charlotte, North Carolina, are bracing for a surge of federal agents as President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration widens.
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Bovino on Fox News: "I'll tell you what's gonna happen. We're gonna go even harder on the streets. If he releases those 650, we're gonna apprehend 1,650 on the streets of Chicago."
///BREAKING/// Federal judge says he'll order release of hundreds of 'Operation Midway Blitz' arrestees on bond www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/f...
Federal judge says he’ll order release of hundreds of ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ arrestees on bond
A federal judge in Chicago said he plans to grant bond to hundreds of immigrants whose arrests under “Operation Midway Blitz” allegedly violated a consent decree against “warrantl…
www.chicagotribune.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Bovino on Fox News: "I'll tell you what's gonna happen. We're gonna go even harder on the streets. If he releases those 650, we're gonna apprehend 1,650 on the streets of Chicago."
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“I was both astounded and mesmerized."
Carl Sandburg’s ‘Chicago’ poem finds fresh relevance in a city occupied by ICE.
From @ericathompson.bsky.social via @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Carl Sandburg’s ‘Chicago’ poem finds fresh relevance in a city occupied by ICE.
From @ericathompson.bsky.social via @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Carl Sandburg’s ‘Chicago’ poem finds fresh relevance in a city occupied by ICE
Known for praising the city with “big shoulders,” the beloved 1914 composition recently was recited in a ruling addressing federal immigration agents’ use of force. Literary scholars say they were “as...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
“I was both astounded and mesmerized."
Carl Sandburg’s ‘Chicago’ poem finds fresh relevance in a city occupied by ICE.
From @ericathompson.bsky.social via @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Carl Sandburg’s ‘Chicago’ poem finds fresh relevance in a city occupied by ICE.
From @ericathompson.bsky.social via @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Lori Lightfoot endorsing Melissa Conyears-Ervin is a good time to remind folks that Lightfoot fought hard to hide allegations of misconduct against Conyears-Ervin from the taxpayers. A real stain on her good government self-promotion
www.chicagotribune.com/2023/10/11/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2023/10/11/c...
City settlement deal demands silence from whistleblowers fired by Chicago Treasurer Conyears-Ervin
In an extraordinary departure from usual practices at City Hall, the city’s $100,000 settlement agreement with whistleblowers who were fired by Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin prohibits them…
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November 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Lori Lightfoot endorsing Melissa Conyears-Ervin is a good time to remind folks that Lightfoot fought hard to hide allegations of misconduct against Conyears-Ervin from the taxpayers. A real stain on her good government self-promotion
www.chicagotribune.com/2023/10/11/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2023/10/11/c...
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Very proud of the work my colleagues are doing at the Sun-Times. Read this heartbreaking piece by Mary Norkol and Anthony Vasquez. The only change I would have made is to the headline, which I would have made: 'Daddy isn't coming.'
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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After ICE detained her husband, Albany Park mom juggles care for 3 kids, including son with autism, newborn
Ingrid Guanume tells her children their dad will be home soon. But with her husband in federal immigration custody awaiting a court hearing later this month, she doesn't know if she believes what she'...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Very proud of the work my colleagues are doing at the Sun-Times. Read this heartbreaking piece by Mary Norkol and Anthony Vasquez. The only change I would have made is to the headline, which I would have made: 'Daddy isn't coming.'
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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This is the teacher federal agents grabbed yesterday at Rayito De Sol daycare in front of children. Attorneys for Diana Santillana have filed a petition in federal court to have her freed from ICE custody.
November 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This is the teacher federal agents grabbed yesterday at Rayito De Sol daycare in front of children. Attorneys for Diana Santillana have filed a petition in federal court to have her freed from ICE custody.
Back at the federal courthouse in downtown Chicago today where a judge is expected to issue a ruling in a case over federal agents use of force as they carry out the White House’s Midway Blitz crackdown. @usatoday.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Back at the federal courthouse in downtown Chicago today where a judge is expected to issue a ruling in a case over federal agents use of force as they carry out the White House’s Midway Blitz crackdown. @usatoday.com
A major issue in the case is whether detainees are able to access their attorneys. On the stand now is a lawyer who represents detainees being held at the ICE facility in the suburbs.
A federal lawsuit describes an ICE facility in the Chicago suburbs as “filthy” and “cruel.” Two detainees named in the case are expected today in court where they hope a judge will order ICE to improve conditions at the site. @usatoday.com
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'Black box in which to disappear people': Detainees describe ICE facility in lawsuit
ICE detainees have filed a lawsuit against Homeland Security saying conditions they were held in were aimed at "coercing" them to leave the country.
www.usatoday.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A major issue in the case is whether detainees are able to access their attorneys. On the stand now is a lawyer who represents detainees being held at the ICE facility in the suburbs.
A federal lawsuit describes an ICE facility in the Chicago suburbs as “filthy” and “cruel.” Two detainees named in the case are expected today in court where they hope a judge will order ICE to improve conditions at the site. @usatoday.com
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
'Black box in which to disappear people': Detainees describe ICE facility in lawsuit
ICE detainees have filed a lawsuit against Homeland Security saying conditions they were held in were aimed at "coercing" them to leave the country.
www.usatoday.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A federal lawsuit describes an ICE facility in the Chicago suburbs as “filthy” and “cruel.” Two detainees named in the case are expected today in court where they hope a judge will order ICE to improve conditions at the site. @usatoday.com
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I spoke with Zohran Mamdani on Halloween about how he’s energized youth voters on a message of affordability.
Asked if he had a costume, he said he was dressing as “just a tired politician.”
Inside the hectic last few hours of New York City’s election for @usatoday.com:
Asked if he had a costume, he said he was dressing as “just a tired politician.”
Inside the hectic last few hours of New York City’s election for @usatoday.com:
Early voting has appeared to skew towards older voters and Andrew Cuomo has gained in the NYC mayoral polls, making youth turnout key for Mamdani.
'Our country has failed them.' Zohran Mamdani talks to USA TODAY about younger voters.
Early voting has appeared to skew towards older voters and Andrew Cuomo has gained in the NYC mayoral polls, making youth turnout key for Mamdani.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I spoke with Zohran Mamdani on Halloween about how he’s energized youth voters on a message of affordability.
Asked if he had a costume, he said he was dressing as “just a tired politician.”
Inside the hectic last few hours of New York City’s election for @usatoday.com:
Asked if he had a costume, he said he was dressing as “just a tired politician.”
Inside the hectic last few hours of New York City’s election for @usatoday.com:
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Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
October 31, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
“There is a human rights emergency unfurling outside the city” in Broadview, says attorney for ICE detainees suing DHS over conditions at the main facility being used for the Midway Blitz crackdown on Chicago. Hearing ongoing. @usatoday.com
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October 31, 2025 at 8:27 PM
“There is a human rights emergency unfurling outside the city” in Broadview, says attorney for ICE detainees suing DHS over conditions at the main facility being used for the Midway Blitz crackdown on Chicago. Hearing ongoing. @usatoday.com
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Ruben Torres reunites with his wife in Indiana after being detained by ICE for nearly two weeks. He is headed back to his daughter Ofelia
October 30, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Ruben Torres reunites with his wife in Indiana after being detained by ICE for nearly two weeks. He is headed back to his daughter Ofelia
In Gary, IN, where Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem is expected today to give an update on the status of the Midway Blitz crackdown on Chicago. @usatoday.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
In Gary, IN, where Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem is expected today to give an update on the status of the Midway Blitz crackdown on Chicago. @usatoday.com
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Immigration agents took a man at Racine and Schubert, video from a source as the Feds raid Lincoln Park area
October 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Immigration agents took a man at Racine and Schubert, video from a source as the Feds raid Lincoln Park area
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker established a commission to document abuses by federal agents carrying out President Trump’s Midway Blitz.
'They will be held accountable': Chicago to create record of ICE Midway Blitz 'abuses'
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker established a commission to document abuses by federal agents carrying out President Trump’s Midway Blitz.
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October 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker established a commission to document abuses by federal agents carrying out President Trump’s Midway Blitz.
Thousands of National Guard troops have now been deployed across the nation with even more deployment on the table if Trump gets his way. Are they a sign of raging crime or of overreach? I joined @USATODAY's The Excerpt to unpack it. art19.com/shows/5-thin...
SPECIAL | Is Trump's deployment of the National Guard about order or overreach?
Since June of 2025, thousands of National Guard troops have been deployed to four US cities – Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Chicago and Memphis. And, if President Donald Trump has his way, Portland, O...
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October 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Thousands of National Guard troops have now been deployed across the nation with even more deployment on the table if Trump gets his way. Are they a sign of raging crime or of overreach? I joined @USATODAY's The Excerpt to unpack it. art19.com/shows/5-thin...
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Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates.
@chicago.suntimes.com has documented 4 unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations. chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...
@chicago.suntimes.com has documented 4 unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations. chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...
Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates
The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates.
@chicago.suntimes.com has documented 4 unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations. chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...
@chicago.suntimes.com has documented 4 unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations. chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...
A Trump immigration blitz is upending life in Chicago. I discuss on today's episode of The Excerpt. art19.com/shows/5-thin...
Hamas and Israel set to sign deal on ceasefire and hostage releases
President Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to implement the first phase of a White House peace plan aimed at ending Israel's onslaught in Gaza, and securing the release of hostages.
USA...
art19.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A Trump immigration blitz is upending life in Chicago. I discuss on today's episode of The Excerpt. art19.com/shows/5-thin...
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"It feels like chemical warfare": ICE fires anti-crowd projectiles at Chicagoans aiming to shut down Trump’s Midway Blitz
@usatoday.com's @michael-loria.bsky.social was there when federal agents used pepper spray and shot pepper balls on protesters and press.
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@usatoday.com's @michael-loria.bsky.social was there when federal agents used pepper spray and shot pepper balls on protesters and press.
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September 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"It feels like chemical warfare": ICE fires anti-crowd projectiles at Chicagoans aiming to shut down Trump’s Midway Blitz
@usatoday.com's @michael-loria.bsky.social was there when federal agents used pepper spray and shot pepper balls on protesters and press.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
@usatoday.com's @michael-loria.bsky.social was there when federal agents used pepper spray and shot pepper balls on protesters and press.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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Pope Leo XIV, a Chicago native, stuns in a White Sox cap.
June 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Pope Leo XIV, a Chicago native, stuns in a White Sox cap.
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Really nice storytelling and reporting from @usatoday.com and @chriskenning.bsky.social and @michael-loria.bsky.social about Pope Leo XIV and his early years in Chicago. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
White smoke at Vatican, phones blowing up in Chicago: Their old classmate Robert is pope
Those who knew Pope Leo XIV as a younger man say his path to the papacy has prepared him well for the challenges ahead.
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May 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Really nice storytelling and reporting from @usatoday.com and @chriskenning.bsky.social and @michael-loria.bsky.social about Pope Leo XIV and his early years in Chicago. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...