Jim Minardi

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Forty Acres Fresh Market Owner Liz Abunaw on running Chicago’s only Black-owned grocery store

Guest host John Anthony filled in for Dan Proft on Chicago’s Morning Answer with a refreshing conversation that swapped politics

By Jim Minardi 5 Min Read

Fmr. CNN Correspondent Chuck de Caro: While the lights are off, let’s rewire the government

Guest hosting on Chicago’s Morning Answer, John Anthony welcomed former CNN special correspondent and Pentagon consultant Chuck de Caro for

By Jim Minardi 5 Min Read

Hayride Publisher Scott McKay: It’s Good v. Evil. It’s Always Been Good v. Evil

Guest host John Anthony’s conversation with The Hayride publisher and American Spectator senior editor Scott McKay on Chicago’s Morning Answer

By Jim Minardi 5 Min Read

Retired Riverside Chief of Police Thomas Weitzel on the fallout from the mayor’s stand-down order

In a city where violent crime and political tension already run high, a new controversy is igniting debate about the

By Jim Minardi 5 Min Read

Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons responds to Brandon Johnson’s anti-law enforcement rhetoric

As anti-ICE protesters once again took to Chicago’s streets, chanting “ICE off our streets now,” Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons

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The Washington Examiner’s Dominic Green

As President Donald Trump announced a breakthrough ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas - hailed as “a strong, durable, and

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EVP of the Trump Organization, Eric Trump, on crime in Chicago

In a wide-ranging interview on Chicago’s Morning Answer with Dan Proft, Trump Organization Executive Vice President Eric Trump weighed in

By Jim Minardi 5 Min Read

IRL Movie Club’s Annie Roney Brings Her in-person Documentary Screenings & Discussions to Illinois

For many Americans, movie night now means dimming the lights, grabbing the remote, and disappearing into the glow of a

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Article III Project’s Will Chamberlain on Trump’s Portland National Guard case

In an interview on Chicago’s Morning Answer, host Dan Proft and Will Chamberlain, senior counsel at the Article III Project,

By Jim Minardi 5 Min Read

Economist Stephen Moore runs through Democrats’ shutdown wish list — “It’s lunacy!”

Economist Stephen Moore joined Chicago’s Morning Answer with Dan Proft to dissect the latest Washington standoff over health care subsidies,

By Jim Minardi 5 Min Read

Chicago Alderman Ray Lopez points out the irony: criminals get a pass, ICE gets prosecuted

In a heated discussion on Chicago’s Morning Answer with Dan Proft, 15th Ward Alderman Ray Lopez didn’t hold back his

By Jim Minardi 5 Min Read

Fmr. CPD Superintendent Eddie Johnson on CPD standing down when federal agents requested help

In the wake of growing confusion over whether Chicago police were ordered to “stand down” during a chaotic confrontation between

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