Articles filed under Political Figures
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5 takeaways from the big new filing on Trump’s 2020 election plotOct 03, 2024 8:19 am - We now have the most extensive new detail in years about former President Donald Trump’s plot to overturn the 2020 election, in the form of a much-anticipated filing from...
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Pritzker touts Illinois’ economic development at data center groundbreakingOct 02, 2024 7:06 pm - AURORA– A Texas-based company broke ground on a new data center in Aurora on Wednesday, the latest in a boom of data storage facility developments in northern Illinois. G...
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Harris, Biden take in Helene’s destruction in separate visits to Carolinas, GeorgiaOct 02, 2024 3:45 pm - AUGUSTA, Ga. — President Joe Biden flew over toppled trees, twisted metal and towering piles of debris in the normally tourist friendly downtown of Asheville, North Carol...
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Prosecutors: Trump ‘resorted to crimes’ after losing 2020 election in failed bid to cling to powerOct 02, 2024 3:35 pm - Donald Trump “resorted to crimes” after losing the 2020 election, federal prosecutors said in a court filing unsealed Wednesday that argues that the former president disregarded the advice of his vice president and other aides and is not entitled to immunity from prosecution over his failed bid to remain in power.
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Jimmy Carter and his hometown of Plains celebrate the 39th president's 100th birthdayOct 01, 2024 7:54 am - Jimmy Carter reached his 100th birthday Tuesday, the first time an American president has lived a full century and the latest milestone in a life that took the son of a Depression-era farmer to the White House and across the world as a Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian and advocate for democracy.
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Donald Trump suggests ‘one rough hour’ of policing will end theftSep 30, 2024 11:35 am - Donald Trump has suggested that “one rough hour” of law enforcement action would tamp down retail theft, an echo of his long-standing support for more aggressive and potentially violent policing.
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Trump lists his grievances in a Wisconsin speech intended to link Harris to illegal immigrationSep 28, 2024 5:16 pm - PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis. — Former President Donald Trump meandered Saturday through a list of grievances against Vice President Kamala Harris and other issues during an eve...
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Pritzker picks Stevenson graduate to lead communications teamSep 27, 2024 11:38 am - Buffalo Grove native Matt Hill is now a key spokesman for Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
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Trump and Zelenskyy meet in New York amid rising questions about US support for UkraineSep 27, 2024 9:38 am - NEW YORK — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met face-to-face with Donald Trump on Friday with public tensions rising between the two over Ukraine's defense against...
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Trump favors huge new tariffs. What are they, and how do they work?Sep 27, 2024 8:18 am - WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has identified what he sees as an all-purpose fix for what ails America: Slap huge new tariffs on foreign goods entering the United States. The ...