Articles filed under Political Figures
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Illinois passes budget, moving to avert repeat of impasseMay 31, 2018 1:00 am - Illinois lawmakers approved a bipartisan spending plan, leaving the state poised to enact its first on-time budget in four years and avoid a repeat of the record impasse...
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Trump mulls commuting Blagojevich's sentence, pardoning Martha StewartMay 31, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he's considering commuting the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted of corruption, ...
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Samantha Bee apologizes for calling Ivanka Trump a vulgar wordMay 31, 2018 1:00 am - Ivanka Trump sparked online outrage earlier this week when she tweeted a photo of herself with her younger son around the same time as reports that the U.S. government h...
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Fact-checking immigration spin on separating families and 1,500 'lost' childrenMay 30, 2018 1:00 am - "We have to break up families. The Democrats gave us that law. It's a horrible thing where you have to break up families. The Democrats gave us that law and they don't w...
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Trump says investigation of 2016 election is now interfering with 2018 electionsMay 29, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that the ongoing special counsel's Russia investigation would amount to "MEDDLING" in this year's midterm elections, ...
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ABC cancels 'Roseanne' after racist tweet (but she returns to Twitter)May 29, 2018 1:00 am - NEW YORK - ABC canceled its hit reboot of "Roseanne" on Tuesday after star Roseanne Barr's racist tweet that referred to former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett as a produc...
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Analysis: Wide US-North Korea gulf over nuclear deal termsMay 26, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Even if conciliatory rhetoric revives U.S.-North Korea summit plans, President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un must overcome a gaping disconnect over what...
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Trump Twitter ruling: What it took to get blocked by the presidentMay 26, 2018 1:05 am - A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the "interactive space" where people respond to President Donald Trump's tweets is a "designated public forum" covered by the First ...
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Clinton 'wants to be helpful' to Democrats. Can she?May 24, 2018 7:00 am - HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) - Hillary Clinton is not going away. Standing on a convention stage Wednesday, the former Democratic presidential candidate cheered a primary electi...
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Trump cancels June 12 summit with North Korea's Kim Jong UnMay 24, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Thursday canceled a planned summit next month with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, citing "tremendous anger and open hostility" ...