Mexican Independence Day, ICE and Chicago
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KCPD officers responded to a medical call around 6 a.m. Monday in the area of Benton Boulevard and Independence Avenue.
Also in this week’s Independence Police blotter, a man is pulled over for having an obscured plate and is found with a loaded handgun.
Steven DelVecchio, a Gurnee resident who said he’s a U.S. Navy veteran who served from 1989 to 1993, showed up to the North Chicago protest with his wife. He said he’s incensed about ICE using the naval base. “I don’t like what ICE is doing, but I especially don’t like them being on the base,” DelVecchio said.
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Trump's calls to dismiss Fed governors undermine independence, Citadel CEO writes in WSJ op-ed
U.S. President Donald Trump's criticism of the Federal Reserve risk undermining its independence, which could boost inflation and increase borrowing costs for the government, Citadel CEO Kenneth Griffin and Chicago Booth Business School professor Anil Kashyap wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed piece on Sunday.
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett says Federal Reserve monetary policy should remain independent from political influence, including from President Donald Trump.