This week, bizarre connections begin to arise between several high-profile court cases in "Chicagoland," affected by the controversial decision by authorities to drop charges against actor Jussie Smollett.\xa0
As we lead off, we take a look at a recent report which found that federal spending is at an all-time high... much like it has been over the course of the last several U.S. presidencies. While things are business as usual in Washington, we also check in on the outcome of the M