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Michael Pierce: 2026 candidate for 11th Congressional DistrictFeb 27, 2026 4:00 am - Michael Pierce of Naperville is running for the Republican nomination for the 11th Congressional District in the March 17, 2026, primary election.
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Jeff Walter: 2026 candidate for 11th Congressional DistrictFeb 27, 2026 4:00 am - Jeff Walter of Elburn is running for the Republican nomination for the 11th Congressional District in the March 17, 2026, primary election.
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Charlie Kim: 2026 candidate for 11th Congressional DistrictFeb 27, 2026 4:00 am - Charlie Kim of Aurora is running for the Republican nomination for the 11th Congressional District in the March 17, 2026, primary election.
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Tedora Brown: 2026 candidate for 11th Congressional DistrictFeb 27, 2026 4:00 am - Tedora Brown of Palos Park is running for the Republican nomination for the 11th Congressional District in the March 17, 2026, primary election.
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NTSB chair slams House aviation bill as ‘watered-down’ after 67 deaths near Washington
Feb 26, 2026 9:32 pm - The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday it’s misleading for members of the House to say their package of aviation safety reforms would address the recommendations that her agency made in January to prevent another midair collision like the one last year near Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people.
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Kash Patel purges more FBI agents tied to Mar-a-Lago investigation
Feb 26, 2026 9:27 pm - FBI Director Kash Patel continued his purge Thursday of FBI agents and staff tied to the probe into Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents after he left office in 2021, firing at least a dozen agents across the country this week.
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Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency
Feb 26, 2026 7:51 pm - Pro-Trump activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a 17-page draft executive order that claims China interfered in the 2020 election as a basis to declare a national emergency that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting.
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US, Iran wrap round of talks as Trump weighs diplomacy against strikes
Feb 26, 2026 7:25 pm - U.S. and Iranian officials completed a round of nuclear negotiations Thursday in Geneva in the shadow of a large-scale U.S. military buildup around Iran. The sides made “significant progress” and an agreement to meet next week to discuss technical details in Vienna, said Oman’s foreign minister, the mediator of the talks.
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Refugee released by Border Patrol found dead, sparking outrage
Feb 26, 2026 7:03 pm - Border Patrol agents left a partially blind refugee who spoke little English in the parking lot of a Buffalo coffee shop the night of Feb. 19 shortly before the man disappeared, according to security camera footage reviewed by The Washington Post. He was found dead five days later.
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Bar associations release judicial candidate recommendationsFeb 26, 2026 6:19 pm - The state’s largest bar associations, the Illinois State Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Association, have released recommendations on judicial candidates running in the March 17 primary election.