House Republicans are ramping up for a vote today on repealing Obamacare. Chicago area Democrats are voting 'no.' It's not clear how the Republicans from the Chicago area and northern Illinois will vote. Representatives Peter Roskam of Wheaton, Randy Hultgren of Plano and Adam Kinzinger of Channahon haven't announced their positions ... President Trump today plans to sign an executive order allowing religious organizations and other non-profits to endorse political candidates without losing their tax-exempt status ... and to let religious employers skip out on covering insurance costs for contraception ... Chicago Aviation Commissioner Ginger Evans is due on Capitol Hill today, to talk about the passenger-dragging incident at O'Hare this month ... Chicago police are still looking for the shooters who targeted two undercover officers in the Back of the Yards neighborhood ... Britain's Prince Philip will retire from public appearances this fall. Philip turns 96 next month; he and Queen Elizabeth have been married nearly 70 years ... The Cubs beat the Phillies. The White Sox lost in Kansas City. It's going to be chilly, breezy and a bit rainy today, with temperatures in the upper-40s ...

Chicago police are hunting for the shooters who ambushed two undercover cops in the Back of the Yards neighborhood last night. Both officers are hospitalized and are expected to survive ... Barack and Michelle Obama will be in town today to talk about the plans for his presidential library in Jackson Park ... FBI Director James Comey is to testify before senators today. Next week, former acting Attorney General Paula Yates is scheduled to testify on her warning to the White House about former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, and his contacts with Russian officials ... President Trump tweeted late last night that reports of Russian ties to his campaign were cooked up by Democrats to justify losing the election ... Trump spoke yesterday by phone with Russian President Putin about Syria and North Korea ... The Cubs and the White Sox won last night ... Partly sunny and in the mid-50s today, but cooler by the lake.

President Trump's spokesman says conditions are clearly not right at this time for an unprecedented meeting between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ... President Trump tells Bloomberg he'd consider it. No American president has met with a North Korean leader since Kim's family took over Pyongyang ... Tens of thousands of people took part in peaceful May Day protests in Chicago and around the US. But some violence was reported in West Coast cities like Portland and Olympia ... United Airlines chief Oscar Munoz is in the hot seat on Capitol Hill, as Congress begins hearings on customer service in the airline industry ... The Writers Guild of America has agreed to a new contract in Hollywood, which means a strike won't interrupt our favorite shows ... Chef Rick Bayless has won the Best Picture Oscar of the food world - a James Beard award for Topolobampo as outstanding restaurant of the year, while Monteverde's Sarah Grueneberg won best Great Lakes chef ... The Cubs and the White Sox lost. It's going to be windy and cloudy and cool today, with a chance of rain.

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A federal judge says President Trump can't withhold money from sanctuary cities like Chicago ... Federal judge William Orrick has ruled that the order unconstitutionally infringes on the rights of local governments. Trump's tweeted "See you in the Supreme Court!" and complaints about the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals -- Judge Orrick sits on the lower US district court in San Francisco ... President Trump is expected to take the wraps off his big tax reform plan today. White House officials say it will call for lowering corporate tax rates from 35% to 15% ... The president is slapping heavy duties on lumber imported from Canada ... Senators go to the White House today for a briefing on the North Korea crisis ... The Tribune counts more than one-thousand people caught in gunfire in the city so far this year ... Chicago's theater community is mourning the death of one of the guiding voices at Steppenwolf. Martha Lavey was the North Side theater company's artistic director for more than 20 years ... The Cubs won in Pittsburgh. The White Sox won at home. The Bulls are in Boston for Game 5 in the first round playoffs ... There's a pretty good chance of showers and thunderstorms by this afternoon, with high temperatures in the low-70s.