Articles filed under Political Figures
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Trump's potential indictment caps decades of legal scrutinyMar 22, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - For 40 years, former President Donald Trump has navigated countless legal investigations without ever facing criminal charges. That record may soon come to an...
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Biden awarding 1st batch of arts, humanities medals TuesdayMar 20, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Bruce Springsteen has a Presidential Medal of Freedom and a coveted Kennedy Center Honor. He has won multiple Grammys and Golden Globes, plus an Academy Awa...
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Some Trump supporters ambivalent on calls for protestsMar 20, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Former President Donald Trump's calls for protests ahead of his anticipated indictment in New York have generated mostly muted reactions from supporters, wi...
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Trump says he expects to be arrested, calls for protestMar 18, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Donald Trump said he expects to be arrested Tuesday and called on supporters to protest as a New York grand jury investigates hush money payments to women who...
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Wiretaps show Madigan, through McClain, forced Lang out of legislatureMar 17, 2023 1:00 am - In fall 2018, longtime state Rep. Lou Lang, a Skokie Democrat, received a phone call from Mike McClain, who had spent decades lobbying for electric utility ComEd after 1...
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Trump's VP? Some in GOP already jockeying for considerationMar 16, 2023 1:00 am - OXON HILL, Md. - Trips to Mar-a-Lago. Glowing speeches. Front-row seats at major events. The first Republican presidential primaries are nearly a year away and the candi...
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Biden drawing contrast to Republicans on lower drug costsMar 15, 2023 1:00 am - LAS VEGAS - President Joe Biden will highlight the stark differences in how Democrats are tackling skyrocketing drug prices compared to their Republican counterparts as ...
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Biden issues order to strengthen gun background checksMar 14, 2023 1:00 am - SAN DIEGO - President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday aiming to increase the number of background checks to buy guns, promote more secure firearms storage...
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Former Rep. Pat Schroeder, pioneer for women's rights, diesMar 14, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Former U.S. Rep. Pat Schroeder, a pioneer for women's and family rights in Congress, has died. She was 82. Schroeder's former press secretary, Andrea Camp, ...
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Pritzker donation raises concerns of partisan influence on school board racesMar 13, 2023 5:30 am - With significant financial support from Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Illinois' Democratic Party is getting involved in contests for school and library board seats this spring to ...