Articles filed under Political Figures
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Pritzker signs law that gives benefits to Chicago first responders disabled by COVIDMay 10, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday signed a law providing full disability benefits to Chicago police officers and firefighters struck by COVID-19 before vacci...
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Trump appearing at CNN town hall after sex assault verdictMay 10, 2023 1:00 am - Former President Donald Trump will return to CNN's airwaves on Wednesday, joining the network for a two-hour town hall event in early-voting New Hampshire a day after a ...
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Trump digs in on election lies, attacks accuser during CNN town hallMay 10, 2023 1:00 am - During a tense CNN town hall Wednesday, former President Donald Trump dug in on his lies about the 2020 election, downplayed the violence on Jan. 6, 2021, and repeatedly...
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Pritzker reflects on three years of pandemic as disaster declarations are set to endMay 10, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - In the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. J.B. Pritzker recalls being handed a report from researchers at the University of Illinois. The analysi...
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Jury finds Trump liable for sexual abuse, awards writer $5 millionMay 09, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - A jury found Donald Trump liable Tuesday for sexually abusing advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996, awarding her $5 million in a judgment that could haunt...
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Biden: U.S.-Mexico border will be 'chaotic for a while' after restrictions endMay 09, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden predicted Tuesday that the U.S.-Mexico border would be "chaotic for a while" when pandemic-related restrictions end, as 550 active-duty ...
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Trump is accused in court of rape. Will it matter in 2024?May 05, 2023 1:00 am - E. Jean Carroll testified in sometimes searing detail about the day she says Donald Trump raped her in a department store dressing room two decades before he became pres...
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Trump accuser says many in her generation didn't report rapeMay 01, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - A magazine columnist who says Donald Trump raped her in a department store's dressing room two decades before he became president acknowledged Monday that she...
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Feds: Hospitals that denied emergency abortion broke the lawMay 01, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Two hospitals that refused to provide an emergency abortion to a pregnant Missouri woman who was experiencing premature labor put her life in jeopardy and v...
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'To us every day counts': How top diplomat works to get hostages like Lombard's Frerichs homeApr 29, 2023 1:00 am - Roger Carstens has a simple definition for a job that is anything but. "Our job is to bring Americans back," the special presidential envoy for hostage affairs explained...