Six people, including the congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh, were indicted by a grand jury in Chicago. Ten others were arrested on charges stemming from California protests.
read the full storyMs. Abughazaleh, who is running for an open seat in Illinois’s solidly Democratic Ninth Congressional District, said in a video posted online that “this is a political prosecution and a gross attempt to silence dissent.” That seat, which includes part of the North Side of Chicago and several suburbs, is now held by Representative Jan Schakowsky, a Democrat who is not seeking another term.