Articles filed under Political Figures
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2,862 new COVID-19 cases worry officials as they share holiday gathering guidelinesOct 14, 2020 1:00 am - New cases of COVID-19 totaled 2,862 Wednesday and 49 new deaths were reported - the highest since June - as state officials warned of increasing infections and issued gu...
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Barrett nomination draws mixed reaction from Durbin and Curran, concern from DuckworthOct 13, 2020 1:00 am - Illinois' two Democratic senators pushed back against the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett for Supreme Court justice this week citing separate issues involving Obam...
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Bipartisan Christian group forms super PAC to oppose TrumpOct 13, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - A group of prominent Christians from both sides of the aisle, including a past faith adviser to former President Barack Obama, is forming a political action...
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Trump's task: Resetting campaign that GOP fears is slippingOct 12, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is running out of time to recover from a series of self-inflicted setbacks that have rattled his base of support and triggered alarm ...
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Illinois reports highest 7-day COVID-19 average, 2,643 cases a day, as restaurateurs braceOct 12, 2020 1:00 am - New cases of COVID-19 totaled 2,742 Monday and 13 more people died of the respiratory disease, officials said, as some key health metrics ticked in the wrong direction w...
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Democrat Schneider says abolish electoral college; GOP challenger disagreesOct 11, 2020 1:00 am - Unhappy with President Donald Trump's win four years ago, Democratic U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider of Deerfield believes Americans should elect the president with a popular v...
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While Casten calls Trump 'dangerous,' Ives supports the presidentOct 09, 2020 1:00 am - While Democratic U.S. Rep. Sean Casten has called Donald Trump "the most dangerous president we have ever known," Republican congressional challenger Jeanne Ives is voic...
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Trump's doctor suggests he could debate in person next week, but schedule remains uncertainOct 08, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The campaign's final debates between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden were thrown into uncertainty Thursday as the rival camps offered dueling ...
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Trump hails virus treatment, says he's ready to do ralliesOct 08, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is ready to hold campaign rallies and he credited an experimental drug treatment with helping his recovery...
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State reports 2,630 new COVID-19 cases, 42 more deathsOct 07, 2020 1:00 am - New cases of COVID-19 came to 2,630 and additional deaths totaled 42 Wednesday, as Illinois surpassed 6 million tests and Gov. J.B. Pritzker warned of some infection rat...