June 26, 2025
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has released at least some of the counterterrorism grant fund reimbursements it had recently suspended for Chicago and certain other cities, but Chicago officials say the move isn't enough to end a lawsuit it launched over the allegedly unconstitutional pause.
June 18, 2025
Boston, Denver, San Francisco and Seattle have joined Chicago's federal lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of illegally suspending federal counterterrorism funding meant for urban areas, saying the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has failed to fulfill nearly $3 million in preapproved reimbursement requests.
May 16, 2025
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has unconstitutionally frozen funding from a federal program intended to aid counterterrorism efforts by refusing preapproved reimbursement claims, the city of Chicago said Friday in a federal suit looking to force repayment.