Articles filed under Political Figures
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Cook County issues 30-day stay-at-home advisory as new COVID-19 cases top 15,000Nov 13, 2020 12:00 am - New COVID-19 cases spiked to a record 15,415 Friday as Cook County leaders advised suburban residents to stay at home when possible to reduce virus spread and as three s...
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Trump making longshot bid to slow state vote certificationsNov 13, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - With time and options running out, President Donald Trump's campaign is peppering states with a flurry of legal challenges aimed at slowing down the vo...
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Military voters fear they're part of unsupported fraud claimNov 13, 2020 12:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - Even before Attorney General William Barr issued a memo that authorized federal prosecutors across the country to investigate "substantial allegations" ...
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Repudiating Trump, officials say election 'most secure'Nov 13, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - It's hard to put it any more bluntly: "There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes or was in any way compromised."...
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What do 'probable' COVID-19 cases mean to Illinois numbers?Nov 12, 2020 4:30 am - When the state began reporting probable cases of COVID-19 in June, those figures were always separated from cases that had been confirmed using standard molecular tests ...
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Biden chooses longtime adviser Ron Klain as chief of staffNov 12, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Joe Biden has chosen his longtime adviser Ron Klain to reprise his role as his chief of staff, installing an aide with decades of exper...
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Trump's silent public outing belies White House in tumultNov 12, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Trump spent 10 minutes in public honoring America's war veterans - a veneer of normalcy for a White House that's frozen by a defeated president ...
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Biden moves forward without help from Trump's intel teamNov 12, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The presidential race was hovering in limbo in 2000 when outgoing President Bill Clinton decided to let then-Gov. George W. Bush read the ultrasecret d...
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Few legal wins so far as Trump team hunts for proof of fraudNov 12, 2020 12:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - During a Pennsylvania court hearing this week on one of the many election lawsuits brought by President Donald Trump, a judge asked a campaign lawyer...
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Duckworth's memoir coming out March 30Nov 12, 2020 12:00 am - Sen. Tammy Duckworth has written a memoir, "Every Day Is a Gift," which comes out March 30. Twelve, a Hachette Book Group imprint, announced the deal with Duckworth, a H...