Articles filed under Political Figures
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Roskam, Hultgren applaud Michael Flynn's resignationFeb 16, 2017 12:00 am - Two Republican congressmen from the suburbs have waded into the furor over former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn's resignation. Reps. Peter Roskam of Wheaton an...
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Trump says 'I inherited a mess,' criticizes media, intelligence agenciesFeb 16, 2017 12:00 am - President Donald Trump on Thursday aired his grievances against the news media, the intelligence community and his detractors generally in a sprawling, stream-of-conscio...
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Rauner indicates what kind of tax increases he'd acceptFeb 15, 2017 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner gave more specifics Wednesday on what tax hikes he'd accept to end Illinois' nearly two-year budget stalemate, enduring derisi...
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Sears steps back from reports it's dropping Trump-branded itemsFeb 13, 2017 12:00 am - Sears and Kmart have evicted "a very small number" of Trump-branded items from their online stores, but won't specify how many and emphasize that hundreds of product...
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33 in suburbs arrested in federal immigration sweepFeb 13, 2017 12:00 am - Thirty-three people from the suburbs were arrested this month in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids targeted at undocumented immigrants. Far more people were...
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How President Trump could dismantle Wall Street reformFeb 12, 2017 6:18 am - For years, Wall Street has complained that restrictions placed on the industry after the financial crisis went too far and were too costly. Those concerns didn't generat...
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Will Trump maternity leave policy add fathers?Feb 12, 2017 6:17 am - When Donald Trump pitched his plan in September to extend paid leave to all new mothers, his campaign insisted that the benefit would cover only women. But after critics...
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Good luck getting government, military discounts at Trump's D.C. hotelFeb 12, 2017 6:12 am - Donald Trump may be a federal employee now, but fellow government workers won't be getting discounts at his Pennsylvania Avenue hotel - even if the hotel's website promi...
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Editorial: Why we can't cynically undermine our courtsFeb 11, 2017 1:00 pm - It strikes us as somewhat appropriate that we would write on the topic of uncivil debate on this, the birthday of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln, viewed almost universally as ...
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CEOs trying to navigate stormy political watersFeb 11, 2017 6:18 am - Business leaders across America have been navigating a new world of trade-offs since Donald Trump became president last month. But perhaps no major chief executive has w...