Articles filed under Political Figures
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Trump's attorney general nominee defends memo criticizing Mueller probeJan 15, 2019 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general on Tuesday defended his decision to send an unsolicited memo to the Justice Department criticizing an ...
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Trump rejects suggestion to allow government to reopen temporarilyJan 14, 2019 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Monday that he rejected a suggestion by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., that he allow the government to temporarily reopen while co...
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McSweeney vows to continue push for suburban consolidation plan despite vetoJan 14, 2019 12:00 am - State Rep. David McSweeney pledged Monday to reintroduce a plan to make it easier for McHenry County voters to abolish local townships after it was vetoed by outgoing Go...
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Gov. Pritzker gives Democrats near-record power in IllinoisJan 14, 2019 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Billionaire J.B. Pritzker took the oath Monday as Illinois governor, giving Democrats nearly unprecedented power at the Statehouse after four years of divi...
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Pritzker mentions Barrington neighborhood's pride flags in inaugural addressJan 14, 2019 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker promised action on legalizing marijuana and instituting a graduated income tax Monday in an inaugural address that used a suburban neighborhood as an ...
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'There's a lot of anxiety': Shutdown fallout grows as impact hits suburban residentsJan 10, 2019 12:00 am - Among workers from air traffic controllers guiding planes through the region to furloughed EPA workers who can't monitor air pollution, anxiety over a partial government...
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Pancho Villa, prostitutes and spies: The U.S.-Mexico border wall's wild originsJan 10, 2019 12:00 am - On an August afternoon in 1918, a mysterious man approached the U.S.-Mexico border in the bustling town of Nogales. For decades, the boundary between the two countries h...
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Trump threatens emergency declaration ahead of border visitJan 10, 2019 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to declare a national emergency to circumvent Congress if he can't reach a deal with Democrats to fund hi...
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Rosenstein expects to leave Justice Department if new attorney general is confirmedJan 09, 2019 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has told people close to him that he expects to depart the Justice Department if a new attorney general is confirmed,...
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Build the wall? It could take at least 10 years, even with 10,000 workersJan 09, 2019 12:00 am - The current fight - and now 19-day federal government shutdown - over funding for a U.S.-Mexico border wall could look simple when you consider the logistics of actually...