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11 hours ago
- Politics
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Daywatch: How Illinois officials are reacting to Trump's travel ban
Good morning, Chicago. Chicago immigration advocates and politicians condemned a looming Trump administration travel ban that would bar or restrict travelers from 19 countries, a reprisal and expansion of a similar policy that was fiercely protested across the country during the president's first term. U.S. Rep. Jesús 'Chuy' García lambasted the ban, which is set to take effect at 12:01 a.m. Monday, while accusing President Donald Trump of using the restrictions as a political diversion tactic. 'This travel ban won't make America safer or greater — instead it will isolate us and make people believe they have something to fear,' he posted on the social media site X. 'It's a distraction from the corruption of the Trump Administration.' The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations decried the travel ban as 'ideologically motivated, overbroad and unnecessary,' arguing it was signed under a false pretext of protecting national security. Read the full story from the Tribune's Angie Leventis Lourgos. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day, including what led to a flameout between Donald Trump and Elon Musk, which Illinois hospitals may soon offer a lower level of trauma care and the iconic piece from 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' that is up for auction. Today's eNewspaper edition | Subscribe to more newsletters | Asking Eric | Horoscopes | Puzzles & Games | Today in History A Chicago police officer was shot and killed during an armed confrontation in a Chatham apartment last night, authorities said. The officer, part of a tactical team in the Gresham (6th) District, was trying to conduct an investigatory stop on a person believed to have a weapon around 9:50 p.m. near the intersection of East 82nd Street and South Drexel Avenue, police Superintendent Larry Snelling said. Maybe it was always going to end this way, with two billionaires angrily posting about each other on social media, fingers flying across pocket-sized screens as their incandescent feud burned hotter by the minute. But even if the finale was predictable, that didn't make it any less shocking. After long months when Donald Trump and Elon Musk appeared united in their chaotic mission to remake Washington, their relationship imploded this week like a star going supernova. A jury found a man guilty of first-degree murder in the slaying of 11-year-old Jayden Perkins as he tried to protect his pregnant mother, ending the trial with a quick verdict after the brutal 2024 attack put a spotlight on protections for domestic violence victims and spurred new legislation. The Chicago Board of Education has narrowed its list for the interim schools' chief down to three candidates in recent days, one of whom faced negligence allegations as a principal, according to documents obtained by the Tribune through the Freedom of Information Act. Prime Healthcare may ask the state for permission to offer lower-level trauma care at three of the eight Illinois hospitals it bought early this year, compared with what those hospitals were providing before the sale, Prime said in a letter sent to U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth this week. A county caseworker accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend to death and severely wounding two of her sons in February had been placed on desk duty at the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center after he allegedly threatened to kill the same woman two months earlier, police records show. Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark said she remains day to day with a left quadriceps strain and will be re-evaluated this weekend after the team's game against the Chicago Sky tomorrow at the United Center. Chicago Sky's Kamilla Cardoso held out of practice with shoulder soreness ahead of United Center game Mr. Hockey has hit 90, but he's still not ready to put his love for the sport on ice. Paul Hruby, whose impact on hockey in Oak Park has been so significant that the ice arena at the Ridgeland Common Recreation Center was named after him in 2007, began his ninth decade of life on May 31. He has worked for the Park District of Oak Park in some capacity for 62 years, teaching and coaching hockey and getting people comfortable in their skates. Few films have done more to cement the city of Chicago's reputation in American culture than 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off,' the 1986 teen comedy classic that follows Ferris and his two friends as they skip school in the suburbs to explore everything the Windy City has to offer. Now, 40 years after cameras first rolled, an iconic piece of the film's wardrobe is jumping off the screen and into one lucky fan's closet. Revisiting 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' filming locations 40 years later Elizabeth McGovern, the American actress best known for playing Lady Cora in the British TV and movie franchise 'Downton Abbey,' will star in a show headed to Chicago that is based series of real-life interviews given by the Hollywood actress Ava Gardner. Mike Carson made the backdrops for school plays. He also ran the lights. He played football at Plainfield North High School, but at heart, he was a theater kid. As a child, his parents often took him to Chicago theater. That stuck in surprising ways. So much so, you are familiar with Mike Carson's work even if you don't know him by name, or thought of that work as theatrical. Carson, now the creative director at pgLang in Los Angeles, is one of Kendrick Lamar's longtime production designers and creative partners. If you're headed to Solider Field this week to see 'The Grand National Tour' featuring Lamar and SZA, know this: a lot of what you'll see is Mike Carson's ongoing collaboration with Lamar and Dave Free, childhood friends who cofounded pgLang in 2020 as an arts incubator. Also around the area this weekend, a big prize for fastest dinosaur at the Field Museum and a busy weekend at Ravinia Festival in Highland Park.
Chicago Tribune
12 hours ago
- Politics
- Chicago Tribune
Daywatch: How Illinois officials are reacting to Trump's travel ban
Good morning, Chicago. Chicago immigration advocates and politicians condemned a looming Trump administration travel ban that would bar or restrict travelers from 19 countries, a reprisal and expansion of a similar policy that was fiercely protested across the country during the president's first term. U.S. Rep. Jesús 'Chuy' García lambasted the ban, which is set to take effect at 12:01 a.m. Monday, while accusing President Donald Trump of using the restrictions as a political diversion tactic. 'This travel ban won't make America safer or greater — instead it will isolate us and make people believe they have something to fear,' he posted on the social media site X. 'It's a distraction from the corruption of the Trump Administration.' The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations decried the travel ban as 'ideologically motivated, overbroad and unnecessary,' arguing it was signed under a false pretext of protecting national security. Read the full story from the Tribune's Angie Leventis Lourgos. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day, including what led to a flameout between Donald Trump and Elon Musk, which Illinois hospitals may soon offer a lower level of trauma care and the iconic piece from 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' that is up for auction. Today's eNewspaper edition | Subscribe to more newsletters | Asking Eric | Horoscopes | Puzzles & Games | Today in History A Chicago police officer was shot and killed during an armed confrontation in a Chatham apartment last night, authorities said. The officer, part of a tactical team in the Gresham (6th) District, was trying to conduct an investigatory stop on a person believed to have a weapon around 9:50 p.m. near the intersection of East 82nd Street and South Drexel Avenue, police Superintendent Larry Snelling said. Maybe it was always going to end this way, with two billionaires angrily posting about each other on social media, fingers flying across pocket-sized screens as their incandescent feud burned hotter by the minute. But even if the finale was predictable, that didn't make it any less shocking. After long months when Donald Trump and Elon Musk appeared united in their chaotic mission to remake Washington, their relationship imploded this week like a star going supernova. A jury found a man guilty of first-degree murder in the slaying of 11-year-old Jayden Perkins as he tried to protect his pregnant mother, ending the trial with a quick verdict after the brutal 2024 attack put a spotlight on protections for domestic violence victims and spurred new legislation. The Chicago Board of Education has narrowed its list for the interim schools' chief down to three candidates in recent days, one of whom faced negligence allegations as a principal, according to documents obtained by the Tribune through the Freedom of Information Act. Prime Healthcare may ask the state for permission to offer lower-level trauma care at three of the eight Illinois hospitals it bought early this year, compared with what those hospitals were providing before the sale, Prime said in a letter sent to U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth this week. A county caseworker accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend to death and severely wounding two of her sons in February had been placed on desk duty at the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center after he allegedly threatened to kill the same woman two months earlier, police records show. Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark said she remains day to day with a left quadriceps strain and will be re-evaluated this weekend after the team's game against the Chicago Sky tomorrow at the United Center. Mr. Hockey has hit 90, but he's still not ready to put his love for the sport on ice. Paul Hruby, whose impact on hockey in Oak Park has been so significant that the ice arena at the Ridgeland Common Recreation Center was named after him in 2007, began his ninth decade of life on May 31. He has worked for the Park District of Oak Park in some capacity for 62 years, teaching and coaching hockey and getting people comfortable in their skates. Few films have done more to cement the city of Chicago's reputation in American culture than 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off,' the 1986 teen comedy classic that follows Ferris and his two friends as they skip school in the suburbs to explore everything the Windy City has to offer. Now, 40 years after cameras first rolled, an iconic piece of the film's wardrobe is jumping off the screen and into one lucky fan's closet. Elizabeth McGovern, the American actress best known for playing Lady Cora in the British TV and movie franchise 'Downton Abbey,' will star in a show headed to Chicago that is based series of real-life interviews given by the Hollywood actress Ava Gardner. Mike Carson made the backdrops for school plays. He also ran the lights. He played football at Plainfield North High School, but at heart, he was a theater kid. As a child, his parents often took him to Chicago theater. That stuck in surprising ways. So much so, you are familiar with Mike Carson's work even if you don't know him by name, or thought of that work as theatrical. Carson, now the creative director at pgLang in Los Angeles, is one of Kendrick Lamar's longtime production designers and creative partners. If you're headed to Solider Field this week to see 'The Grand National Tour' featuring Lamar and SZA, know this: a lot of what you'll see is Mike Carson's ongoing collaboration with Lamar and Dave Free, childhood friends who cofounded pgLang in 2020 as an arts incubator. Also around the area this weekend, a big prize for fastest dinosaur at the Field Museum and a busy weekend at Ravinia Festival in Highland Park.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
CPS narrows interim CEO search as negligence allegations surface in top candidate's record
The Chicago Board of Education has narrowed its list for the interim schools' chief down to three candidates in recent days, one of whom has a history of alleged negligence as a principal, according to documents obtained by the Tribune through the Freedom of Information Act. The people in consideration are: Macquline King, the city's senior director of educational policy; Alfonso Carmona, CPS chief portfolio officer and Nicole Milberg, the school district's chief of teaching and learning. All of the candidates have backgrounds as educators and principals, working their way up to administrative roles. Carmona and Milberg both hold ranks within CPS. King is the only person being considered who works with the city. They all have a professional educator license with a superintendent endorsement. Managing the nation's fourth-largest school district requires a specific, narrow managerial skill set and focus, several board members and a former district official told the Tribune. The incoming interim superintendent will need both the financial expertise to pass the budget and the school-level understanding to successfully start the school year, they said. The new 21-person board, which is split between mayoral-appointed and elected members, will decide on the short-term schools leader later this month. It will also conduct a search for the permanent replacement later this fall, according to Che Rhymefest Smith of District 10 on the South Side. A simple majority — or 11 out of 21 members — is required to vote the candidate in. 'The one thing we don't need is any more shameful representations of leadership that were not properly vetted,' Smith said, referring to the abrupt resignation of former school board president the Rev. Mitchell Ikenna Johnson last October for his social media posts deemed antisemitic and conspiratorial. Other board members emphasized the importance of conducting the interim CEO search with integrity. 'And we are trying to depoliticize it, because it shouldn't be a political process, right?' said Anusha Thotakura, a board member from District 6, spanning neighborhoods from Streeterville to Englewood. 'We want the best candidate for the job.' Whether outgoing schools chief Pedro Martinez's temporary replacement comes from CPS or the Johnson administration could affect potential borrowing scenarios adopted by the school board to balance a tight fiscal budget for 2026, which begins on July 1. Board members are reconciling with decades of financial mismanagement while balancing CPS' books. Macquline King, a former principal at Mary E. Courtenay Language Arts Center in Uptown and the now-closed Alexandre Dumas School in Woodlawn, currently serves as the city's senior director of educational policy. She holds a Doctor of Education degree from National Louis University, according to her LinkedIn profile. As senior director of educational policy for the city, she gets paid by CPS but technically works for the city. King disclosed in CPS documents in 2022 that she is exempt from living in Chicago, as employees hired before 1996 are not required to live within city limits. Public records show she owns property on the Near West Side. King helped manage the fallout of the 2013 Stockton Elementary merger with Courtenay, a turbulent time marked by staff tensions and student fights, according to district officials who requested anonymity due to the ongoing CEO search. But her employee record shows she didn't act with urgency on several occasions, according to CPS documents obtained by the Tribune under the Freedom of Information Act. While never formally disciplined beyond warnings, King was cited in multiple internal investigations between 2015 and 2019. Several of the allegations were later dismissed due to insufficient evidence. In April 2015, she waited several weeks before calling the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services over the alleged physical abuse of a student, according to a CPS memo signed by her supervisor. Under CPS policy, employees are required to report suspected abuse to DCFS within 48 hours. Without enough credible evidence, an investigative report dismissed the finding against another school employee, but not against King. In October that year, a CPS investigative report shows, she failed to implement the school safety plan after two students were found in a bathroom stall together, pulling their pants down and 'looking at each other's private parts and butt,' without staff supervision. The school's policy was changed to require staff members to accompany students to the bathroom before and after school. The reports state, however, that the school's staff didn't take any action to ensure it was enforced. According to an interview included in the reports, King stated that the assistant principal was in charge of overseeing the afterschool program at that time, as she was on leave. King was also cited for negligent supervision for failing to properly notify emergency contacts after a student broke their arm in December, according to CPS investigative reports. The assistant principal at the time informed the student's guardian that the reason for the lack of notification was that a nurse on duty that day was absent, according to the reports. The allegation was dismissed due to a lack of credible evidence. A CPS memo indicates that four years later, King allowed a volunteer to work at the school without requiring a background check. A memorandum of understanding later showed that the person had criminal charges. King did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request from the district for the other two candidates didn't contain any citations of negligence or misconduct. Alfonso Carmona, originally from Colombia, is CPS's Chief Portfolio Officer, a role he has held for three years. He oversees enrollment, new program development, and school accountability. Before that, he worked as a bilingual teacher at Inter-American Magnet School in Lakeview, principal at Healy Elementary School in Bridgeport, and superintendent of St. Augustine Prep in Milwaukee, Wis. He joined CPS administration as a network chief. Carmona recently led presentations to the school board on options for absorbing seven of 15 Acero charter schools slated for closure. He holds a bachelor's in economics from the University of Cartagena, two master's degrees and a Doctorate in School Administration from Western Illinois University. Nicole Milberg, CPS's chief of teaching and learning since fall 2023, oversees the district's academic strategy, including curriculum and teacher training. She previously served as a network chief, supporting diverse school models and leading the shift to remote learning. Milberg began her CPS career as a resident principal at John Fiske Elementary School in Woodlawn, later leading Ellen Mitchell Elementary School in West Town. She has also worked in Newark, N.J. and Washington, D.C. She holds a Master of Business Administration from the Yale School of Management and a Master of Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, according to LinkedIn. District officials are counting on at least $300 million in additional funding from the city and state to balance the upcoming budget. However, the state budget was passed at the final hour late last Saturday, with several spending cuts, including to K-12 school districts across the state. In 2017, state lawmakers pledged to increase funding by $350 million annually for ten years to fund schools adequately. This year's budget is $43 million below that target. And the city will face its own challenges this budget season, with President Donald Trump threatening to cut billions in funding. Without additional cash, layoffs of as many as 1,700 district employees could be on the horizon, a suggestion floated to board members in mid-April. To get through the last fiscal school year and meet its growing pension obligations, city officials proposed several borrowing scenarios for the district. CPS CEO Martinez called them a short-term fix that wouldn't help the ongoing financial crisis. The financial disagreement in part cost him his job last December. His last day with the district is June 18. Martinez argued for months that while large debt issuances are a fairly routine practice for the large school district, a budget that relies on borrowed revenue for regular expenses wouldn't be sustainable and could hurt CPS' credit rating. The incoming interim pick will face the same questions and challenges.
Chicago Tribune
a day ago
- Politics
- Chicago Tribune
CPS narrows interim CEO search as negligence allegations surface in top candidate's record
The Chicago Board of Education has narrowed its list for the interim schools' chief down to three candidates in recent days, one of whom has a history of alleged negligence as a principal, according to documents obtained by the Tribune through the Freedom of Information Act. The people in consideration are: Macquline King, the city's senior director of educational policy; Alfonso Carmona, CPS chief portfolio officer and Nicole Milberg, the school district's chief of teaching and learning. All of the candidates have backgrounds as educators and principals, working their way up to administrative roles. Carmona and Milberg both hold ranks within CPS. King is the only person being considered who works with the city. They all have a professional educator license with a superintendent endorsement. Managing the nation's fourth-largest school district requires a specific, narrow managerial skill set and focus, several board members and a former district official told the Tribune. The incoming interim superintendent will need both the financial expertise to pass the budget and the school-level understanding to successfully start the school year, they said. The new 21-person board, which is split between mayoral-appointed and elected members, will decide on the short-term schools leader later this month. It will also conduct a search for the permanent replacement later this fall, according to Che Rhymefest Smith of District 10 on the South Side. A simple majority — or 11 out of 21 members — is required to vote the candidate in. 'The one thing we don't need is any more shameful representations of leadership that were not properly vetted,' Smith said, referring to the abrupt resignation of former school board president the Rev. Mitchell Ikenna Johnson last October for his social media posts deemed antisemitic and conspiratorial. Other board members emphasized the importance of conducting the interim CEO search with integrity. 'And we are trying to depoliticize it, because it shouldn't be a political process, right?' said Anusha Thotakura, a board member from District 6, spanning neighborhoods from Streeterville to Englewood. 'We want the best candidate for the job.' Whether outgoing schools chief Pedro Martinez's temporary replacement comes from CPS or the Johnson administration could affect potential borrowing scenarios adopted by the school board to balance a tight fiscal budget for 2026, which begins on July 1. Board members are reconciling with decades of financial mismanagement while balancing CPS' books. Macquline King, a former principal at Mary E. Courtenay Language Arts Center in Uptown and the now-closed Alexandre Dumas School in Woodlawn, currently serves as the city's senior director of educational policy. She holds a Doctor of Education degree from National Louis University, according to her LinkedIn profile. As senior director of educational policy for the city, she gets paid by CPS but technically works for the city. King disclosed in CPS documents in 2022 that she is exempt from living in Chicago, as employees hired before 1996 are not required to live within city limits. Public records show she owns property on the Near West Side. King helped manage the fallout of the 2013 Stockton Elementary merger with Courtenay, a turbulent time marked by staff tensions and student fights, according to district officials who requested anonymity due to the ongoing CEO search. But her employee record shows she didn't act with urgency on several occasions, according to CPS documents obtained by the Tribune under the Freedom of Information Act. While never formally disciplined beyond warnings, King was cited in multiple internal investigations between 2015 and 2019. Several of the allegations were later dismissed due to insufficient evidence. In April 2015, she waited several weeks before calling the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services over the alleged physical abuse of a student, according to a CPS memo signed by her supervisor. Under CPS policy, employees are required to report suspected abuse to DCFS within 48 hours. Without enough credible evidence, an investigative report dismissed the finding. In October that year, a CPS investigative report shows, she failed to implement the school safety plan after two students were found in a bathroom stall together, pulling their pants down and 'looking at each other's private parts and butt,' without staff supervision. The school's policy was changed to require staff members to accompany students to the bathroom before and after school. The reports state, however, that the school's staff didn't take any action to ensure it was enforced. According to an interview included in the reports, King stated that the assistant principal was in charge of overseeing the afterschool program at that time, as she was on leave. King was also cited for negligent supervision for failing to properly notify emergency contacts after a student broke their arm in December, according to CPS investigative reports. The assistant principal at the time informed the student's guardian that the reason for the lack of notification was that a nurse on duty that day was absent, according to the reports. The allegation was dismissed due to a lack of credible evidence. A CPS memo indicates that four years later, King allowed a volunteer to work at the school without requiring a background check. A memorandum of understanding later showed that the person had criminal charges. King did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request from the district for the other two candidates didn't contain any citations of negligence or misconduct. Alfonso Carmona, originally from Colombia, is CPS's Chief Portfolio Officer, a role he has held for three years. He oversees enrollment, new program development, and school accountability. Before that, he worked as a bilingual teacher at Inter-American Magnet School in Lakeview, principal at Healy Elementary School in Bridgeport, and superintendent of St. Augustine Prep in Milwaukee, Wis. He joined CPS administration as a network chief. Carmona recently led presentations to the school board on options for absorbing seven of 15 Acero charter schools slated for closure. He holds a bachelor's in economics from the University of Cartagena, two master's degrees and a Doctorate in School Administration from Western Illinois University. Nicole Milberg, CPS's chief of teaching and learning since fall 2023, oversees the district's academic strategy, including curriculum and teacher training. She previously served as a network chief, supporting diverse school models and leading the shift to remote learning. Milberg began her CPS career as a resident principal at John Fiske Elementary School in Woodlawn, later leading Ellen Mitchell Elementary School in West Town. She has also worked in Newark, N.J. and Washington, D.C. She holds a Master of Business Administration from the Yale School of Management and a Master of Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, according to LinkedIn. District officials are counting on at least $300 million in additional funding from the city and state to balance the upcoming budget. However, the state budget was passed at the final hour late last Saturday, with several spending cuts, including to K-12 school districts across the state. In 2017, state lawmakers pledged to increase funding by $350 million annually for ten years to fund schools adequately. This year's budget is $43 million below that target. And the city will face its own challenges this budget season, with President Donald Trump threatening to cut billions in funding. Without additional cash, layoffs of as many as 1,700 district employees could be on the horizon, a suggestion floated to board members in mid-April. To get through the last fiscal school year and meet its growing pension obligations, city officials proposed several borrowing scenarios for the district. CPS CEO Martinez called them a short-term fix that wouldn't help the ongoing financial crisis. The financial disagreement in part cost him his job last December. His last day with the district is June 18. Martinez argued for months that while large debt issuances are a fairly routine practice for the large school district, a budget that relies on borrowed revenue for regular expenses wouldn't be sustainable and could hurt CPS' credit rating. The incoming interim pick will face the same questions and challenges.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Climate
- Yahoo
Afternoon Briefing: Air quality alert issued due to Canadian wildfires
Good afternoon, Chicago. An air pollution action day was called this morning for the Chicago area and is in effect until midnight, weather officials said. Officials issued an alert as air quality is expected to reach unhealthy levels in all of Wisconsin until noon tomorrow, but the coverage area was expanded to include parts of northeast Illinois. This was the first air quality warning for the Chicago area as Canadian wildfires continue. The fires have forced thousands of Canadians to flee their homes and sent smoke as far as Europe. Here's what else is happening today. And remember, for the latest breaking news in Chicago, visit and sign up to get our alerts on all your devices. Subscribe to more newsletters | Asking Eric | Horoscopes | Puzzles & Games | Today in History The Chicago Teachers Union is threatening to sue the Chicago Board of Education over budget plans proposed by outgoing schools chief Pedro Martinez that it says constitute unfair labor practices and violations of the recently ratified contract. Read more here. More top news stories: Charges dropped against Harvey Ald. Colby Chapman, arrested at April City Council meeting Former Geminus employee sentenced to two years for stealing federal funds If McDonald's ever doubted it needed to bring back the Snack Wrap, consider this: Nine years after the fast-food powerhouse discontinued the item in the U.S., customers have continued to order it at drive-thrus. Read more here. More top business stories: Ford posts May sales gain with employee discounts for all Hindu temple complex/residential development in Elgin gets thumbs-down from commission The Chicago Blackhawks gave a sneak peek of the Fifth Third Arena expansion to the media Tuesday — still a skeletal collection of steel beams, HVAC systems and construction dust — but they dropped some meatier news during the tour: The Chicago Steel are coming. Read more here. More top sports stories: Chicago Cubs rely on timely hits and Michael Busch's near cycle in 8-3 win: 'He's always patient' Shane Smith's curveball is an effective weapon in Chicago White Sox's 8-1 win over Detroit Tigers The exhibit is smartly centered on the endless interpretations of Spider-Man the Character who, despite being 64 years old, yet still a teenage spider, has remained remarkably mutable. Read more here. More top Eat. Watch. Do. stories: 'Stick' review: Owen Wilson scores in a comedy about golf, mentorship and picking yourself up from your lowest lows Column: Groucho Marx, playing one night only in the Loop President Donald Trump said that Russian President Vladimir Putin told him 'very strongly' in a phone call today that he will respond to Ukraine's weekend drone attack on Russian airfields. Read more here. More top stories from around the world: The Dutch government has collapsed. What happens next? Tom Girardi, estranged husband of 'Real Housewives' star, gets 7 years in prison for stealing millions from clients
