During HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher," former Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel blasted city leadership for failing the city on safety and educational standards.

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Nearly $2 billion in federal funding for Illinois has been cut off by the Trump administration, according to a letter from Gov. JB Pritzker, Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth and the Illinois ...