Articles filed under Political Figures
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No-go for Joe Exotic: Trump pardon list omits 'Tiger King'Jan 20, 2021 12:00 am - OKLAHOMA CITY - One name missing in President Donald Trump's flurry of pardons is "Tiger King" Joe Exotic. His team was so confident in a pardon that they had readied a ...
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Last-minute pardon of Mettawa Mayor Casey Urlacher raises eyebrowsJan 20, 2021 12:00 am - The last-minute pardon of Mettawa Mayor Casey Urlacher by outgoing President Donald Trump has brought raised eyebrows, but no explanations. Urlacher, the 41-year-old you...
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'I could see Lady Gaga's lips moving': Casten, Krishnamoorthi share favorite moments from dayJan 20, 2021 12:00 am - Seated with other members of Congress just below where President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris recited their oaths of office Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Sean Caste...
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Underwood, Duckworth among the Illinoisans tweeting from the inaugurationJan 20, 2021 12:00 am - Members of Illinois' delegation to Congress celebrated the inaugurations of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday with social media posts and...
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Full list of Trump clemencies: Casey Urlacher, Lombard man, Lil Wayne, Steve BannonJan 20, 2021 12:00 am - President Donald Trump late Tuesday granted pardons to 73 people and commuted the sentences of 70 more. On the list for pardons was Mettawa Mayor Casey Urlacher, who was...
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Lombard man granted clemency by TrumpJan 20, 2021 12:00 am - A Lombard man serving a life sentence for participating in a drug conspiracy was granted clemency late Tuesday by President Donald Trump and said he plans to help free o...
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An inauguration unlike any other amid a pandemic, unrestJan 20, 2021 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Inauguration Day for President-elect Joe Biden will look unlike anything the nation has seen before as the scars of COVID-19 and the Jan. 6 insurrection at ...
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Trump frees former aides from ethics pledge, lobbying banJan 20, 2021 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Donald Trump, in one of his final acts as president, released current and former members of his administration from the terms of their ethics pledge, a move...
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With passion and fashion, Lady Gaga delivers powerful anthemJan 20, 2021 12:00 am - A full-throated, supremely confident Lady Gaga belted out the national anthem at President Joe Biden's inauguration in a very Gaga way - with flamboyance, fashion and pa...
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EU sighs with relief as Biden readies to enter White HouseJan 20, 2021 12:00 am - BRUSSELS - The European Union's top officials breathed a sigh of relief on Wednesday that Joe Biden will be taking over as president of the United States, but they warne...