Politics News
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Struggling Americans can tap 401Ks with coronavirus bill
Apr 5, 2020 6:07 AM - For a limited time, Americans will be able to withdraw money from tax-deferred accounts without penalties under a stimulus package signed into law Friday by President Trump. Rules on 401(k) loans will be relaxed, and some retirees can avoid so-called required minimum distribution, or RMD, rules that might have been onerous. -
Trump says 'toughest' weeks ahead as coronavirus spreads
Apr 4, 2020 6:49 PM - WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump warned Saturday that the county could be headed into its "toughest" weeks yet as the coronavirus death toll mounts, but at the same time he expressed growing impatience with social distancing guidelines and said he's eager to get the country reopened and its stalled economy back on track. "There will be a lot of death, unfortunately," Trump said in a somber start to his daily briefing on the pandemic. "There will be death." -
Trump fires watchdog who handled Ukraine complaint leading to impeachment
Apr 3, 2020 10:25 PM - WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump has fired Michael Atkinson, the inspector general for the intelligence community who handled the whistleblower complaint that triggered Trump's impeachment. -
Oh, for arms that are six feet long
Apr 3, 2020 1:00 AM - Columnist Connie Schultz: Earlier this week, our daughter Cait texted a photo capturing a moment of her juggling her job and her two young children at home. At first, I noticed only Cait's hand on the laptop, but as I studied it, I saw the reason for snapping the picture.
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Editorial: Governor, when it comes to Fair Maps, democracy needs you
Apr 2, 2020 7:20 PM - In this editorial, the conclusion of a six-part series by the Daily Herald calling for an end to gerrymandering in Illinois, the paper says Gov. J.B. Pritzker has the power to save democracy in the state -
Democrats delay nominating convention amid virus concerns
Apr 2, 2020 2:48 PM - Democrats announced Thursday that they were postponing their presidential nominating convention until August, an unprecedented move that shows how the coronavirus is reshaping the battle for the White House.
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Our workplace is lonelier, but goal of valuable news is even stronger
Apr 2, 2020 10:22 AM - Columnist Jim Slusher: In May 2019, I wrote the following as the Daily Herald prepared to move from our offices just east of the intersection of Algonquin and Arlington Heights roads in Arlington Heights to our new offices just west of the intersection of Algonquin and Arlington Heights roads:
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In fighting pandemic, pure individualism is a handicap
Apr 2, 2020 10:15 AM - Guest columnist Patrick Dickson: There comes every few years a phrase that perfectly captures a cultural moment. The one I have seen recently, and really has struck a chord, is "pathological individualism." -
Unbreakable resilience helps us overcome poison of pessimism
Apr 2, 2020 10:10 AM - Guest columnist Don Grossnickle: Look around with open eyes. It is not too hard to see the power of resilience in nature pushing up like the crocus, tulips in spring. -
Let's get a mighty mayor, not a vanquished senator, for VP
Apr 2, 2020 8:53 AM - Columnist Susan Estrich: The novel coronavirus has made clear who in this country actually runs things. It should be, and occasionally is, the president.
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