Politics News
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It's best to judge Trump's speeches for yourself
Jul 10, 2020 1:00 AM - Columnist Byron York: That much news coverage is biased against President Trump goes without saying.
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Madigan says it's time to remove Stephen Douglas statue, portrait
Jul 9, 2020 9:52 PM - Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan on Thursday called for removing a statue and a portrait of Stephen A. Douglas from the Statehouse along with artwork depicting other known slaveholders. -
Group says local governments' hands tied in COVID-19 economic crisis
Jul 9, 2020 8:07 PM - Local government officials in Illinois have their hands "tied behind their back" when responding to COVID-19-related economic struggles, three community and business advocacy groups argued Thursday. -
Pentagon: U.S. will respond if Russia bounty reports are true
Jul 9, 2020 3:35 PM - Top Pentagon leaders told Congress on Thursday that reports of Russia offering Taliban militants bounties for killing Americans were not corroborated by defense intelligence agencies, but said they are looking into it and the U.S. will respond if necessary.
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No peeking, voters: Court keeps Trump taxes private for now
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We should encourage, not restrict, international students
Jul 9, 2020 1:00 AM - Guest columnist Keith Peterson: In the past week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has told foreign students that their visas for study in the U.S. will not be valid if their universities conduct classes only online. Harvard and MIT have sued to stop this order. -
Chicago travel order makes no sense
Jul 9, 2020 1:00 AM - Guest columnist Sheldon H. Jacobson: First New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut enacted policies requiring 14-day quarantines for travelers from certain states currently experiencing COVID-19 infection spikes. Now, Chicago has jumped onto the travel restriction bandwagon. -
This is a testing time for all of us
Jul 9, 2020 1:00 AM - Columnist Lee Hamilton: A few weeks ago, The New York Times ran an article noting that with the US preoccupied by the coronavirus pandemic, Black Lives Matter protests, and massive unemployment, "its competitors are moving to fill the vacuum, and quickly."
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After railing against federal spending, GOP lawmakers, conservative groups benefit
Jul 8, 2020 11:00 PM - It wasn't just the spending hawks who received these funds. A loan of $432,000 was provided to Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a reform group co-founded by Norm Eisen, who worked in senior positions in the Obama administration. -
Houston scraps Texas GOP's in-person convention due to virus
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