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For a short time, she was known to the world as Juror No. 146, forewoman of the jury that convicted former governor Rod Blagojevich of a boatload of criminal charges. In my flippant shorthand in an internal memo, I referred to her as the Church Lady...
Updated: Jul 01, 2011 at 04:01 AM
Hoffman Estates Democrat Tammy Duckworth, the Iraq veteran who lost a high-profile campaign for Congress to Republican Peter Roskam in 2006, might be eyeing Washington again.
Duckworth just finished a stint as assistant secretary of the federal Depa...
Updated: Jul 04, 2011 at 09:07 AM
ATLANTA — Newt Gingrich’s top two fundraising advisers resigned on Tuesday, and officials said the Republican candidate’s hobbling presidential campaign carried more than $1 million in debt.
The departures of fundraising director Jody Thomas and fun...
Updated: Jun 25, 2011 at 06:15 PM
DALLAS — For a conservative Texan seeking national office, it could hardly get better than this: In a recent 48-hour span, Ted Cruz, a candidate for next year’s Republican Senate nomination for the seat being vacated by Republican Kay Bailey Hutchis...
Updated: Jun 15, 2011 at 05:03 PM
WASHINGTON — Jubilant Democrats demanded Republicans abandon their sweeping plans to remake Medicare on Wednesday after casting a House race in upstate New York as a referendum on the popular program and emerging victorious.
"The top three reasons f...
Updated: May 26, 2011 at 08:06 AM
Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich plans to testify at his corruption retrial, possibly as soon as Thursday, but he and his lawyers may still have reason to feel queasy about the prospect.
Blagojevich spokesman Glenn Selig told The Associated Pres...
Updated: May 26, 2011 at 09:42 AM
On just his 10th day in office, Chicago's new mayor found himself on the witness stand in the federal corruption trial of a former governor, testifying just after a congressman who talked about money and political deals.
Rahm Emanuel's appearance, t...
Updated: May 27, 2011 at 05:47 AM
It’s that time again, where the Democrats will make every attempt to pick the GOP candidate for president. The press, including the Herald, take great delight in this process.
Eugene Robinson, syndicated columnist in the Daily Herald, became very “...
Updated: May 20, 2011 at 07:35 PM
NEW YORK — Pressure built Tuesday for Dominique Strauss-Kahn to consider resigning as chief of the International Monetary Fund after he was charged with trying to rape a maid at a New York hotel.
Strauss-Kahn spent the night at the infamous Rikers ...
Updated: Jun 01, 2011 at 11:12 PM
With the nation transfixed by the daring raid that killed Osama bin Laden, the first GOP presidential debate transpired with relatively little notice. For Republicans, that’s the good news.
The bad news is that for those who did pay attention, the ...
Updated: May 15, 2011 at 08:54 PM