Articles filed under Political Figures
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Postmaster: No pre-election return of mail boxes, equipmentAug 21, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Pressed by senators, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Friday he was unaware of recent mail operation changes until they sparked a public uproar. But he a...
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Trump appeals as judge OKs Manhattan DA getting tax returnsAug 20, 2020 1:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - As President Donald Trump's lawyers moved swiftly Thursday to appeal a federal judge's ruling that granted Manhattan's top prosecutor access to his tax r...
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Ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon charged in border wall schemeAug 20, 2020 1:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - President Donald Trump's former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, was pulled from a yacht and arrested Thursday on allegations that he and three associates...
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Winfield Park District receives state grant for remodeling projectAug 20, 2020 1:00 am - When Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced this week the state would spend $40 million on local construction projects through the "Rebuild Illinois" effort, the Winfield Park Dis...
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Clinton urges Democrats to vote in 'overwhelming' numbersAug 19, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Hillary Clinton urged Democrats to vote in 'œoverwhelming" numbers in remarks Wednesday night to the Democratic National Convention that at times reflecte...
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Democrats pound their message: To oust Trump, you must voteAug 19, 2020 1:00 am - WILMINGTON, Del. - Former President Barack Obama warned Wednesday night that American democracy may not survive if Donald Trump is reelected, delivering a scathingly re...
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After years of big moments, Bill Clinton's DNC role shrinksAug 18, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Few people ever have logged more time on Democratic National Convention stages than Bill Clinton. But when the former president delivered his 11th spe...
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Postal Service halts some changes amid outcry, lawsuitsAug 18, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Facing mounting public pressure and a crush of state lawsuits, President Donald Trump's new postmaster general announced Tuesday he is halting some operatio...
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Pritzker extends emergency housing relief application periodAug 18, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinoisans suffering economic decline due to COVID now have an extra week to apply for emergency rental assistance. Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Tuesday t...
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Trump campaign's Russia contacts 'grave' threat, Senate saysAug 18, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Trump campaign's interactions with Russian intelligence services during the 2016 presidential election posed a "grave" counterintelligence threat, a Sen...