{"id":163458,"date":"2025-09-07T05:21:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T05:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-anxiety-in-chicago-as-trump-plans-to-send-troops-postal-traffic-into-us-drops-80-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T05:21:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T05:21:00","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-anxiety-in-chicago-as-trump-plans-to-send-troops-postal-traffic-into-us-drops-80-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-anxiety-in-chicago-as-trump-plans-to-send-troops-postal-traffic-into-us-drops-80-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: Anxiety in Chicago as Trump plans to send troops; postal traffic into US drops 80% – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mexican festivals cancelled due to fears they may be targeted; end of tariffs exemption triggers plunge in parcels send to US \u2013 key US politics stories from 6 September at a glance
At least three events connected to Mexican Independence Day have been canceled or postponed in Chicago, amid reports that Donald Trump<\/a> plans to send troops and immigration agents as part of plans to launch mass deportations.
Organizers decided to cancel El Grito Chicago, an event that drew 24,000 people last year and was scheduled for 13-14 September.
\u201cIt was a painful decision, but holding El Grito Chicago at this time puts the safety of our community at stake \u2013 and that\u2019s a risk we are unwilling to take,\u201d the event\u2019s website<\/a> stated. \u201cWhile we\u2019re torn by this decision, when we brought this celebration back, our aim was to create a safe, affordable, family-friendly, community festival for all.\u201d
The anxiety in the country\u2019s third-largest city comes after Trump deployed national guard troops to Los Angeles<\/a> and Washington DC.<\/a> Illinois governor JB Pritzker said he was concerned about Ice agents targeting people at the Mexican Independence Day events.
Here\u2019s the day\u2019s Trump administration<\/a> news at a glance.
Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s plan to deploy national guard troops and federal immigration agents to Chicago is already having an impact on the city\u2019s Mexican community.
Organizers have canceled several local events tied to Mexican Independence Day, which occurs on 16 September.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
As Donald Trump<\/a> threatens to deploy national guard units to cities ostensibly to quell violence, he repeatedly targets Democratic run-cities.
But an analysis of crime trends over the last four years shows two things. First, violent crime rates in America\u2019s big cities have been falling over the last two years, and at an even greater rate over the last six months. The decrease <\/em>in violence in America is unprecedented.
Second, crime in large cities in the aggregate is lower in states with Democratic leadership. But the president focuses his ire almost exclusively on large blue <\/em>cities in blue <\/em>states, sidestepping political conflict with red <\/em>Republican governors.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Postal traffic into the US plunged by more than 80% after the Trump administration<\/a> ended a tariff exemption for low-cost imports, the United Nations postal agency said Saturday.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
A rightwing conference recently saw theocratic Christian nationalists, far-right publishers and members of men-only secret societies<\/a> speaking alongside the Missouri senator Eric Schmitt<\/a>, the assistant attorney general for civil rights at Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s Department of Justice and other senior Republican figures.
The speaker list at the National Conservatism conference in Washington DC raises questions over what distinctions exist between the nationalist hard right in the US and members of the Trump administration<\/a> and the Republican<\/a> party.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The surgeon general from the first Trump administration<\/a> on Saturday said that the US president should \u201cabsolutely\u201d fire health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr<\/a> over his \u201cdangerous\u201d policies on vaccines<\/a> and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The Trump administration<\/a> has targeted Massachusetts as its next location to begin arresting and deporting immigrants, a Department of Homeland Security official confirmed to NBC News on Saturday.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
US supreme court rulings are \u201cnot just an opinion poll\u201d of its nine judges\u2019 beliefs, conservative Amy Coney Barrett has said<\/a><\/strong>, as she and her colleagues weigh a request to overturn the legalization of same-sex marriage.
US Open broadcasters have been asked not to air any booing of Donald Trump<\/a><\/strong> at Sunday\u2019s men\u2019s final.
The West Point Association of Graduates has reportedly canceled a ceremony to honor Tom Hanks<\/a><\/strong> just weeks before it was to take place.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened on Friday 5 September<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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