Federal agents fire chemicals as protesters try to block car at immigration site outside Chicago

BROADVIEW, Ill. (AP) — Federal agents fired pepper balls and tear gas at protesters near an immigration enforcement building in suburban Chicago. The conflict over several hours Friday is the latest pushback by federal authorities against protesters focused on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Broadview, about 12 miles west of Chicago, amid a surge of immigration enforcement that began early this month. Agents repeatedly fired chemical agents toward protesters after some of the group attempted to block a car from driving down a street toward the ICE building.

In rare rebuke, federal officials discipline ICE officer for shoving woman in New York

NEW YORK (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security says it is relieving an immigration officer from his current duties after he shoved a woman to the floor at an immigration court in Manhattan. The agency in a statement Friday called the officer’s conduct “unacceptable.” Videos of the altercation show a woman pleading with the officer in a crowded hallway before he pushes her through a group of photographers into a wall and then onto the floor. It is extremely rare for the Trump administration’s DHS to discipline its immigration officers for aggressive tactics.

Hurricane Humberto and a tropical disturbance to impact the Caribbean

MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say Hurricane Humberto has formed in the Atlantic Ocean and is expected to become a major hurricane. It was about 450 miles northeast of the northern Leeward Islands midday Friday and moving slowly toward the northwest. To the west, forecasters expect a tropical disturbance near Hispaniola and eastern Cuba to become a tropical depression near the Bahamas over the weekend. Meanwhile in the eastern Atlantic, the center of post-tropical cyclone Gabrielle moved away from the Azores and the hurricane warning for the islands was discontinued. In the Pacific Ocean, Hurricane Narda, a Category 1 storm, was expected to maintain its strength on Friday before weakening over the weekend.

Fed’s favored inflation gauge accelerates slightly in August

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s favored inflation gauge accelerated slightly in August from a year earlier. The Commerce Department reported Friday that its personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index was up 2.7% in August from a year earlier, a tick higher from a 2.6% year-over-year increase in July and most since February. Excluding volatile food and energy prices, so-called core PCE inflation showed a 2.9% increase in prices from August 2024, same as in July. The increases were what forecasters had expected. Prices rose 0.3% from July, compared to a 0.2% increase the month before. Core prices rose 0.2%, same as in July. Separately, the report showed that inflation-adjusted consumer spending rose a healthy 0.4% from July, same as the month before, largely on a 0.7% increase in spending for goods; spending on services such as travel and dining out rose just 0.2%.