Articles filed under Political Figures
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State 'Peacekeepers' to patrol Chicago streets over holiday weekendMay 23, 2023 1:00 am - If there's unrest downtown or mass shootings elsewhere in Chicago this Memorial Day holiday - often among the year's most violent weekends - a special team of 30 "Peacek...
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Writer seeks more damages in lawsuit against Trump, citing his post-verdict commentsMay 22, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - E. Jean Carroll, the columnist who won a $5 million sexual abuse and defamation award against former President Donald Trump, is seeking at least $10 million m...
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Biden, Japan's Kishida meet ahead of G-7 summit, vowing to 'stand strong' against global threatsMay 18, 2023 1:00 am - HIROSHIMA, Japan - President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met Thursday aiming to showcase the strength of their alliance ahead of a Group of Seven...
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Pritzker ends his delay on Blue Collar Jobs ActMay 17, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - As budget negotiations for the coming fiscal year continued behind closed doors Wednesday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker's office announced it would launch a long-sta...
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Key Trump attorney says he's departing legal team as Mar-a-Lago probe intensifiesMay 17, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - A key lawyer for former President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he was leaving the legal team, a move that comes as a special counsel investigation into ...
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Biden to mark Jewish American Heritage Month with Broadway stars, speak out on antisemitismMay 16, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden will mark Jewish American Heritage Month on Tuesday by highlighting his administration's efforts to combat rising antisemitism when he s...
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'It takes courage to write': Writing about her grief after son's death helped, Jill Biden saysMay 13, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Jill Biden says writing about the "crushing" grief she felt after her son Beau died of cancer helped give her the emotional strength to carry on as she enco...
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Trump's sexual assault verdict marks a rare moment of accountability. And women are noticing.May 12, 2023 1:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Cassandra Nuñez and her grandmother cast their first ballots in a U.S. presidential election in 2016. She was a first-year college student; her grand...
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Governor's office revises revenue estimatesMay 11, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker said this week that the state remains "on a great trajectory from a fiscal perspective," even as his office decreased its current-year r...
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Pritzker signs law that gives benefits to Chicago first responders disabled by COVIDMay 10, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday signed a law providing full disability benefits to Chicago police officers and firefighters struck by COVID-19 before vacci...