Articles filed under Political Figures
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Blinken estimates 1,500 Americans may still await evacuation from AfghanistanAug 25, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that as many as 1,500 Americans may be awaiting evacuation from Afghanistan, a figure that suggests that pa...
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Pritzker signs bills on mental health response, insurance coverageAug 25, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker has been steadily acting on more than 660 bills sent to him by the General Assembly this year ahead of a weekend deadline for bill actio...
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Images: Through the Film Magnifier: Stan Mikita, Gerald Ford, Bob Keeshan, Chuckwagon Days and moreAug 24, 2021 12:00 pm - See vintage Daily Herald photos of Stan Mikita, Gerald Ford, Chuckwagon Days, Bob Keeshan and more in our latest "Through the Film Magnifier" gallery. ...
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G-7 leaders can't sway Biden to delay Afghanistan withdrawalAug 24, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Sharply divided leaders of the Group of Seven industrialized democracies clashed Tuesday over U.S. President Joe Biden's insistence on withdrawing from Afgh...
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Ambulance carveout is latest Medicaid managed care battlegroundAug 24, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Stakeholders are calling on Gov. J.B. Pritzker to sign a bill that passed the General Assembly unanimously and would remove non-emergency ambulance service...
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U.S. troops surge evacuations out of Kabul but threats persistAug 23, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The U.S. military reported its biggest day of evacuation flights out of Afghanistan by far on Monday, but deadly violence that has blocked many desperate ev...
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Three counties red-flagged over number of COVID-19 patients in the ICUAug 23, 2021 1:00 am - A spike in seriously ill COVID-19 patients at hospitals in suburban Cook, Lake and McHenry counties has triggered an Illinois Department of Public Health alert regarding...
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UK struggles for influence as Afghan crisis strains U.S. tiesAug 23, 2021 1:00 am - LONDON - The messy exit of Western military forces from Afghanistan and the swift takeover of the country by the Taliban has stunned officials in Britain and strained th...
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Editorial: Who are the real RINOs? The Trump critics or the Trump enablers?Aug 21, 2021 2:00 pm - It's grown increasingly fashionable over recent years for staunch conservatives to dismiss social moderates in the GOP as RINOs, Republican in Name Only. Former Sen. Mar...
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Facts Matter: Biden overstated size of Afghanistan militaryAug 21, 2021 1:00 am - While speaking about the situation in Afghanistan after his decision to withdraw American troops, President Joe Biden said the U.S. has helped build a large Afghan milit...