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Facts Matter: Biden didn’t suffer medical emergency on Air Force OneJul 14, 2024 7:52 am - In this week’s Facts Matter column, Bob Oswald examines claims that President Biden suffered a medical event following a campaign appearance, a woman baked bread in a mailbox in the Texas heat wave and more.
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Expand SNAP or hike crop prices? Congress is locked in a farm bill fight.
Jul 14, 2024 6:00 am - Congress could promise farmers new guaranteed minimum prices for their crops, as it considers sweeping new agriculture legislation. Or lawmakers could provide more genero...
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Scooter’s Coffee, two restaurants and more proposed for Deer ParkJul 14, 2024 5:24 am - Two restaurants, a drive-through coffee store and a self-storage facility could be coming to Deer Park’s main commercial drag.
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Manzo: Motor fuel tax adjustment is paying dividendsJul 14, 2024 5:13 am - There has been a lot of media coverage lately about the annual inflation adjustment to Illinois’ motor fuel tax, which increased by 1.5 cents per gallon on July 1. But i...
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Richard Simmons, a fitness guru who mixed laughs and sweat, dies at 76Jul 13, 2024 11:23 pm - NEW YORK — Richard Simmons, television's hyperactive court jester of physical fitness who built a mini-empire in his trademark tank tops and short shorts by urging the ov...
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Pops, screams and then blood: On the scene at the Trump rally shootingJul 13, 2024 11:21 pm - BUTLER, Pa. — The gunshots were high-pitched pops, slight and hollow in the open air. Donald Trump, the former president set to accept the Republican nomination in five d...
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Biden says ‘everybody must condemn’ attack on Trump, hopes to speak with ex-president soonJul 13, 2024 11:19 pm - REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. — President Joe Biden said Saturday that “everybody must condemn” the suspected assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, adding that h...
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Shock and relief cross party lines as past and present leaders react to shooting at Trump rallyJul 13, 2024 11:19 pm - WASHINGTON — Republican and Democratic leaders, past and present, expressed shock Saturday night following the news that gunfire had broken out during a Donald Trump camp...
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‘This is unacceptable’: Suburban RNC delegates react to shooting at Trump rallyJul 13, 2024 8:38 pm - Hours before arriving as an Illinois delegate to the Republican National Convention, Aaron Del Mar processed a spectrum of emotions seeing the images of former President ...
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Shooting at Trump rally is being investigated as assassination attempt, AP sources say
Jul 13, 2024 5:40 pm - Donald Trump appeared to be the target of an assassination attempt as he spoke during a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, two law enforcement officials said. The former president, his ear covered in blood from what he said was a gunshot, was quickly pulled away by Secret Service agents and his campaign said he was “fine.”