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Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 heading out after stopping in Latrobe, Pennsylvania this afternoon @BGOnTheScene

Bridges in Toledo, Ohio lit up tonight in red, white and blue @BGOnTheScene

Happening Now: The 2026 Philly Dyke March is taking place in Center City @BGOnTheScene

Teargas deployed tonight near the Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark, New Jersey @BGOnTheScene

Anti-ICE protesters inside Terminal 1 at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport today @BGOnTheScene

Posters in DC reading “Operation Epstein Fury” near images of U.S. soldiers that were killed in a drone strike in Kuwait during the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war with Iran @BGOnTheScene

Pepper spray and pepper balls deployed this afternoon outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minnesota @BGOnTheScene

Work continuing on the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, which is expected to open in June of 2026 @BGOnTheScene

Canadian Freighter Stuck in Detroit River A ship bound for Quebec is stuck in the Detroit River after running aground yesterday near downtown Detroit No injuries were reported from the incident The Rt. Hon. Paul J. Martin, as the ship is known, is over 700 feet in length, and is one of Canada Steamship Lines’ self-unloading vessels. The ship was traveling between Sault Ste. Marie and Quebec @BGOnTheScene

Portland Police came through and told protesters to stay on the sidewalk, and that City Code violations will start to be enforced @BGOnTheScene

Banners featuring images of Donald Trump and Theodore Roosevelt on the Department of Labor headquarters in Washington, D.C. @BGOnTheScene

National Guard out in Washington, D.C. yesterday morning @BGOnTheScene

Progress on the Obama Presidential Center on the South Side of Chicago, which is expected to open next year @BGOnTheScene

Teargas deployed outside the Broadview ICE facility Saturday night @BGOnTheScene

Over a thousand are outside State Farm Stadium for today’s Charlie Kirk memorial @BGOnTheScene

“There is not an emergency in the city of Chicago, there is nothing that calls for having troops on the streets of the city of Chicago. We have crime like other cities do, but let’s be clear, we are actually in better shape than the 30 biggest cities across the United States. We’re in better shape on average, and it is important to recognize that the President of the United States is doing this for theatrics” Gov. Pritzker responding to the potential deployment of the National Guard in Chicago @BGOnTheScene

“We do not want troops on the streets of the city of Chicago” Illinois Governor JB Pritzker speaks out against the potential deployment of the National Guard in Chicago at a press conference this afternoon @BGOnTheScene

Chicago this evening @BGOnTheScene

U.S. Marshals patrolling in Washington, D.C. tonight @BGOnTheScene

Vice President JD Vance speaking to American troops this afternoon at RAF Fairford, a Royal Air Force station in the United Kingdom used by the United States Air Force @BGOnTheScene