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Nippon, US Steel file suit against Biden administration, union, and rival after $15 billion deal scuttled

By FATIMA HUSSEIN
Jan 06, 2025 3:05 pm - Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel filed a federal lawsuit Monday challenging a Biden administration decision to block Nippon's proposed $15 billion acquisition of the Pittsburgh company and said that the head of the Steelworkers union and a rival steelmaker worked together to scuttle the buyout.
Top Federal Reserve bank regulator, under fire from GOP, to step down next month

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Jan 06, 2025 2:56 pm - The Federal Reserve’s top financial regulator said Monday that he would resign next month, avoiding a potential confrontation with the incoming Trump administration and Republicans in the Senate.
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to be featured at Barrington event

By Russell Lissau
Jan 06, 2025 12:46 pm - Former U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will be featured virtually at a civic event in Barrington next month. McCarthy will be interviewed Feb. 1 as part of the annual Town-Warming at Barrington’s White House, 145 W. Main St.
Judge denies Trump’s bid to halt Friday's hush money case sentencing while they appeal to block it

By MICHAEL R. SISAK
Jan 06, 2025 12:13 pm - President-elect Donald Trump was thwarted Monday in his bid to indefinitely postpone this week’s sentencing in his hush money case while he appeals a ruling that upheld the verdict and put him on course to be the first president to take office convicted of crimes.
Official: Canada’s Trudeau is set to resign as Liberal Party leader, spelling end to time in power

By ROB GILLIES
Jan 06, 2025 9:27 am - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plans to announce his resignation Monday, an official said, in the face of rising discontent over his leadership, and after the abrupt departure of his finance minister signaled growing turmoil within his government.
Trump is certified as the 2024 election winner without challenge, in stark contrast to 2021 violence

By LISA MASCARO
Jan 06, 2025 7:31 am - Congress certified President-elect Donald Trump as the winner of the 2024 election in proceedings that unfolded Monday without violence or mayhem, in stark contrast to the Jan. 6, 2021, violence as his mob of supporters stormed the Capitol.
Reminders of Jan. 6 attack fade in the Capitol as Trump retakes power

By MARY CLARE JALONICK
Jan 04, 2025 2:17 pm - Inside the Capitol, reminders of the violence are increasingly hard to find.
Surgeon General calls for new label on drinks to warn Americans of alcohol’s cancer risk

By AMANDA SEITZ
Jan 04, 2025 9:34 am - Alcohol is a leading cause of cancer, a risk that should be clearly labeled on drinks Americans consume, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy proposed on Friday.
Judge sets Trump’s sentencing in hush money case for Jan. 10, but signals no jail time

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ
Jan 03, 2025 3:04 pm - In an extraordinary turn, a judge Friday set President-elect Donald Trump's sentencing in his hush money case for Jan. 10 — little over a week before he's due to return to the White House — but promised not to jail him.
WGN political analyst Paul Lisnek to speak in Schaumburg

Submitted by Schaumburg Township District Library
Jan 03, 2025 10:36 am - The League of Women Voters of the Palatine Area, in partnership with 27 area libraries, will kick off the 2025 Civic Awareness Series at Schaumburg Township District Library with a thought-provoking program featuring WGN-TV political analyst Paul Lisnek on Tuesday, Jan. 28.

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