Nation and World Politics
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Who are the top federal campaign donors from Illinois?Sep 08, 2024 9:00 pm - The nearly $72 million a Lake Forest billionaire and his wife have contributed to federal candidates and groups this election cycle is significantly greater than any other Illinoisans’ donations, data from an independent research group shows.
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Former Congressman Patrick Kennedy outlines solutions at inaugural DuPage County Mental Health SummitSep 08, 2024 9:46 am - Former Congressman Patrick Kennedy, son of the late U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, sees a clear path forward for the improvement of mental health care in the nation, and it comes down to applying the financial incentives that have strengthened other industries.
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Trump accepts key endorsement from police union while celebrating sentencing delay on felony charges
Sep 06, 2024 9:03 pm - CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Donald Trump accepted a key endorsement from one of the nation's most influential law enforcement lobbies on Friday by offering a sweeping indictment of...
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney says he will vote for Kamala Harris
Sep 06, 2024 8:59 pm - CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Former Vice President Dick Cheney, a lifelong Republican, will vote for Kamala Harris for president, he announced Friday. Liz Cheney, who herself endorse...
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JD Vance’s Catholicism helped shape his views. So did this little-known group of Catholic thinkers
Sep 06, 2024 9:41 am - Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance’s religious conversion has put him in close touch with a Catholic intellectual movement, viewed by some critics as having reactionary or authoritarian leanings, that has been little known to the American public until Vance’s rise to the national stage.
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Republican Liz Cheney says she will vote for Kamala Harris this election
Sep 05, 2024 10:32 am - Liz Cheney, a former congresswoman from Wyoming, broke with the Republican Party on Wednesday to say she plans to vote for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris i...
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Trump claims ‘no conflict’ in Arlington Cemetery visit despite reports of altercation
Sep 03, 2024 9:36 pm - Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed that there was “no conflict” or “fighting” when he visited Arlington National Cemetery last week, despite multiple report...
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Harris makes pitch to union voters in ‘blue wall’ states
Sep 02, 2024 2:58 pm - DETROIT - Vice President Kamala Harris sought to shore up the support of organized labor in so-called “blue wall” states at the end of the holiday weekend, stressing that...
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Harris calls Trump’s appearance at Arlington a ‘political stunt’ that ‘disrespected sacred ground’
Aug 31, 2024 10:38 pm - Vice President Kamala Harris said former President Donald Trump “disrespected sacred ground” in his recent appearance at Arlington National Cemetery, where the Republican...
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Police say a man will face charges after storming into the press area at a Trump rally
Aug 31, 2024 10:38 pm - JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Police said Saturday that a man will face misdemeanor charges after he stormed into the press area at Donald Trump's rally in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, be...