Chicago Shootings Fuel Clash

A violent weekend in Chicago left at least seven people dead and 38 others wounded in shootings across the city since Friday evening, according to police. The bloodshed prompted President Donald Trump to again urge military intervention in the nation’s third-largest city and publicly press Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to seek federal help. Trump argued on social media that he could make Chicago safe quickly, comparing his proposed approach to Washington, D.C., while Pritzker has repeatedly rejected the idea of deploying the military. The shootings intensified a long-running political fight over crime, local leadership and federal authority in Democratic-led cities.