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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot smiles as she walks to the podium to answer questions about Chicago Public Schools' plans for remote learning in the fall during a press conference at City Hall Wednesday morning August 5, 2020.(Pat Nabong/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Chicago mayor defends beefed-up police presence near home

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Chicago schools cut funding for police by more than half

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About 200 anti-police brutality protesters march in the neighborhood of Bronzeville, in Chicago, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. Protesters walked from Bronzeville to Grant Park, after police prohibited them from marching along the Dan Ryan Expressway. (Pat Nabong/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Mayor defends Chicago police after clash with protesters

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Protesters clash with members of the Chicago Police Department at the corner of Michigan and Wacker in downtown Chicago on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune via AP)

Lori Lightfoot ripped by Chicago Democrats for using police to halt protests

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City municipal crews help guide the Christopher Columbus statue in Grant Park as it is removed by a crane, Friday, July 24, 2020, in Chicago. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020 announced the formation of a committee to review the city’s monuments three weeks after ordering the removal of three statues honoring Christopher Columbus. (Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Chicago mayor names committee to review public monuments

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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks about how she would respond if President Donald Trump deploys federal forces to Chicago, during a press conference at the Guaranteed Rate Field, home of the White Sox, Tuesday, July 21, 2020. Lightfoot launched an awareness campaign called "We Are All One Team" that encourages young people to wear masks, maintain social distance and stop gathering in large groups to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. (Pat Nabong/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Democrats blame out-of-state guns for Chicago’s carnage, not gun control or anti-police policies

By Tammy Bruce

Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks during a press conference at City Hall, in Chicago, Wednesday morning, July 22, 2020. Authorities say gunfire outside the funeral home on Chicago's South Side that wounded multiple people was part of an ongoing conflict involving the gang of the man being mourned. (Pat Nabong/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Lori Lightfoot blames Chicago violence on ‘too many illegal guns’ coming from other states

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

A work crew removes the Columbus statue in Grant Park in the early hours of Friday July 24, 2020, in Chicago. The statue of Christopher Columbus that drew chaotic protests in Chicago was taken down early Friday amid a plan by President Donald Trump to dispatch federal agents to the city. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune via AP)/Chicago Tribune via AP)

Lori Lightfoot’s stealth removal of Columbus statue cheered by activists: ‘Now defund CPD’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Miracle Boyd, 18, an activist with GoodKids MadCity, speaks during a press conference in front of a statue of President George Washington near East 51st Street and South King Drive, describing a recent violent encounter she had with Chicago Police, Monday morning, July 20, 2020. Boyd was participating in a Friday evening protest against a statue of Christopher Columbus in Grant Park, when she alleges she had several teeth knocked out by a Chicago Police officer. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Chicago violence sparks war of words between Trump, mayor

By DON BABWIN and SOPHIA TAREEN - Associated Press

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announces the "Forward Together, Building a Stronger Chicago" report from the city's COVID-19 Recovery Task Force at the South Shore Cultural Center, Thursday, July 9, 2020. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP) **FILE**

Lori Lightfoot to Trump: Federal agents in Chicago ‘would spell disaster’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

First deputy superintendent Eric Carter watches as a video from the Christopher Columbus protest in Grant Park on Friday, July 17, is shown to the media during a press conference at the Chicago Police Department Headquarters, Monday, July 20, 2020. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Chicago violence sparks war of words between Trump, mayor

By DON BABWIN and SOPHIA TAREEN - Associated Press

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Monday, July 13, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Lori Lightfoot, Chicago mayor, calls Kayleigh McEnany ‘Karen’ in feud over city’s violence

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Chicago Public Schools CEO Dr. Janice Jackson, right, speaks as Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, second from left, listens during a press conference at the CPS headquarters announcing a preliminary reopening framework for public schools, Friday, July 17, 2020, in Chicago. (Pat Nabong/Chicago Sun-Times via AP) **FILE**

Chicago plan would have kids in classrooms 2 days per week

By KATHLEEN FOODY - Associated Press

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announces the "Forward Together, Building a Stronger Chicago" report from the city's COVID-19 Recovery Task Force at the South Shore Cultural Center, Thursday, July 9, 2020. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP) **FILE**

Lori Lightfoot ‘not afraid’ of shutting Chicago businesses down again: ‘We are on the precipice’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Mayor Lori Lightfoot announces the "Forward Together, Building a Stronger Chicago" report from the city's COVID-19 Recovery Task Force at the South Shore Cultural Center, Thursday, July 9, 2020. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Lori Lightfoot pins Trump for Chicago shootings; mayor previously blamed Texas, coronavirus

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Chicago census response rate at 55%, lower in some areas

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A demonstrator holds a sign during a Chicago March for Justice in honor of George Floyd, Saturday, June 13, 2020, in Chicago. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Chicago panel to review police department’s policy on force

By KATHLEEN FOODY - Associated Press

U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush looks on as Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks during a news conference in Chicago on Thursday afternoon, June 11, 2020, about a group of Chicago police officers in the congressman's campaign office while looters hit nearby stores. More than a dozen officers and supervisors from the Chicago Police were captured on video &quot;lounging&quot; inside a congressional campaign office on the city's South Side as people vandalized and stole from nearby businesses while protests and unrest spread across the city in late May, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Thursday. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Chicago investigating officers ‘lounging’ during unrest

By KATHLEEN FOODY and DON BABWIN - Associated Press

In this April 20, 2020, file photo, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks during a news conference in Chicago. Chicago officials say the nation's third-largest city cannot begin to loosen restrictions designed to limit the spread of the coronavirus before early June. Gov. J.B. Pritzker has said all parts of the state are on track for restrictions to begin loosening on May 29. But Mayor Lightfoot said Friday, May 22, that the city is not yet hitting the metrics in her plan for gradually loosening restrictions and that she is hopeful that can happen by early June. (Tyler LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)

Lori Lightfoot, Chicago mayor: Police officers caught on video ‘lounging’ during protests, looting

By Kathleen Foody and Don Babwin - Associated Press

Chicago announces new efforts to boost Census participation

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