Articles filed under Political Figures
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Fact Checker: Trump's list of false, misleading claims tops 1,000Aug 22, 2017 1:00 am - We have been tracking President Donald Trump's false or misleading claims for more than seven months. Somewhere around Aug. 4 or Aug. 5, he broke 1,000 claims, and the t...
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When CEOs sound more like the president than the actual presidentAug 20, 2017 7:15 am - The statements came in first with a bang, then a softening - and finally an implosion. One by one, the nation's corporate titans weighed in on President Donald Trump's r...
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Strategist Steve Bannon leaves Trump's turbulent White HouseAug 18, 2017 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed his embattled chief strategist Stephen Bannon, an architect of his 2016 general election victory, in a major Whit...
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Rauner visits FEMA investigators in Fox Lake flood areasAug 18, 2017 1:00 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner met with federal and state officials Friday in Fox Lake to get a quick, firsthand assessment on the flood damage that crippled the Chain O' Lakes area ...
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Trump decries Confederate monument removals, 'history ripped apart'Aug 17, 2017 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump bitingly decried the rising movement to pull down monuments to Confederate icons Thursday, declaring the nation is seeing "the histor...
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Under pressure, Trump disbands business advisory councilsAug 16, 2017 1:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) — With corporate chieftains fleeing, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he is ending a pair of advisory business councils in the latest fallout ove...
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Hillary Clinton's pastor plagiarized prayer at heart of bookAug 15, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Hillary Clinton's pastor has acknowledged he plagiarized part of the prayer commentary he sent her the day after she lost the presidential election, a de...
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Trump retweets - then deletes - image of train running over CNN reporterAug 15, 2017 1:00 am - President Donald Trump's war with CNN went off the rails Tuesday morning after he retweeted an image of a Trump train running over a CNN reporter, then quickly deleted i...
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Trump reiterates: Blame 'on both sides' in deadly Charlottesville violenceAug 15, 2017 1:00 am - President Donald Trump said Tuesday that counterprotesters at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville acted violently and should share the blame for the mayhem that...
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Senate overrides Rauner's veto of school funding planAug 13, 2017 1:00 am - The Illinois Senate voted Sunday to override Gov. Bruce Rauner's amendatory veto of a bill to reform the state's school funding formula. Senate Bill 1, a Democratic plan...