Lynn Sweet
Columnist at Chicago Sun-Times
Lynn Sweet is a columnist and Washington Bureau Chief at the Chicago Sun-Times. Was columnist at the late PoliticsDaily.
Articles
-
2 months ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Lynn Sweet
WASHINGTON — Do not underestimate the dire times we are in. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are testing the limits and finding few as they dismantle government institutions with little care for Congress, the courts, or your grandmother in a nursing home where Medicaid pays the bill because she has run out of her lifetime savings. Gov.
-
Mar 5, 2025 |
chicago.suntimes.com | Lynn Sweet
WASHINGTON — The hype didn’t pan out. The advance publicity put out by the GOP-led House Oversight and Government Reform Committee — including a scary movie style video trailer — promised to pummel the Democratic mayors of Chicago, New York, Boston and Denver, all sanctuary cities. But they emerged mainly unscathed from the six-hour plus hearing Wednesday, called to bash them for not cooperating with President Donald Trump’s mass deportation raids.
-
Mar 5, 2025 |
chicago.suntimes.com | Matt Moore |Lynn Sweet |Dan Tucker |Kaitlin Washburn
Mayor Brandon Johnson has been in Washington, D.C., since Sunday preparing for a high-stakes congressional hearing Wednesday before a GOP-controlled House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The committee also invited the mayors of New York, Boston and Denver, who will appear with Johnson. In today’s newsletter: What you need to know about Johnson’s upcoming testimony.
-
Mar 5, 2025 |
chicago.suntimes.com | Fran Spielman |Mariah Woelfel |Lynn Sweet |Adriana Cardona-Maguigad
Mayor Brandon Johnson faces what is expected to be an aggressive attack on Chicago’s sanctuary city policy at a U.S. House Oversight Committee hearing today in Washington, D.C.Johnson will appear before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform at 9 a.m. Chicago time to defend the city’s law that, in part, restricts police from detaining people solely based on their immigration status — a policy that has been in place since 1985.
-
Mar 4, 2025 |
chicago.suntimes.com | Lynn Sweet
El mejor lugar para cobertura de noticias y cultura latina en Chicago. | The place for coverage of Latino news and culture in Chicago. El alcalde Brandon Johnson ha estado en Washington D.C. desde el domingo preparándose para una audiencia de alto riesgo en el Congreso el miércoles ante un Comité de Supervisión y Reforma Gubernamental de la Cámara controlado por el Partido Republicano.
Journalists covering the same region
Colin Feeney
Sports Writer at River Bender
Colin Feeney primarily covers news in the southwestern region of Illinois, United States, including areas around Alton and Edwardsville.
Julia Rosier
Multimedia Journalist at WICS-TV (Springfield, IL)
Reporter at News 12 Westchester
Julia Rosier primarily covers news in Springfield, Illinois, United States and surrounding areas.
Dave Hinton
Editor at The News-Gazette (Champaign, IL)
Dave Hinton primarily covers news in the Central Illinois region, including cities like Terre Haute, Indiana and Champaign, Illinois, United States.
Claire Grant
Business Reporter at The State Journal-Register
Claire Grant primarily covers news in various locations across Illinois, United States, including cities like Springfield and surrounding areas.
Addi Weakley
Real Time Editor at KSHB-TV (Kansas City, MO)
Addi Weakley primarily covers news in Kansas City, Missouri, United States and surrounding areas.
Try JournoFinder For Free
Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.
Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →Coverage map
X (formerly Twitter)
- Followers
- 35K
- Tweets
- 26K
- DMs Open
- No
If you love playing daily news games, check out the Sun-Times’ new games & crossword puzzles at https://t.co/3PtIy2Hw9j
Terrific profile of the new Chicago pope Leo XIV by @suntimes ace @bylaurenfitz.bsky.social. Deep dive into his roots - from Dolton, a south suburb of Chicago to the Vatican. https://t.co/V5DCHt4Iny
A Chicago pope! Robert Prevost raised in the city!