Articles filed under Political Figures
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Barr to face Mueller report questions at Senate hearingApr 30, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday will face lawmakers' questions for the first time since releasing special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia report,...
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Unlikely allies backing plan to raise gas tax to fund transportationApr 29, 2019 5:30 am - Not just one, but two bills seeking to raise the gas tax to pay for transportation are circulating in the General Assembly and could come to a head soon. Springfield has...
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Duckworth returns to Iraq for 1st time since being shot downApr 29, 2019 1:00 am - U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth has returned to Iraq for the first time since the helicopter she was piloting was shot down during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004. The Hoffman...
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Krishnamoorthi's front-seat role in national politics' tumultuous springApr 27, 2019 1:00 am - It's Dec. 9, and U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi is assessing James Comey's testimony to Congress on Fox News, saying the former FBI director "came across as consistent, c...
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Trump: U.S. did not pay any of the $2 million North Korea sought for Otto Warmbier's careApr 26, 2019 1:00 am - WASHNGTON - President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States did not pay any money to North Korea, which had issued a $2 million bill for the hospice care of Am...
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Trump disputes finding that he directed McGahn to seek Mueller's ousterApr 25, 2019 1:00 am - President Donald Trump disputed Thursday that he had told then-White House counsel Donald McGahn to seek the firing of special counsel Robert Mueller in the midst of his...
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Seek out facts, ignore spin on graduated taxApr 24, 2019 11:00 pm - "A blank check for Springfield." "Millionaires will finally pay their fair share." "Permanent jobs tax on the middle class." The sound bites are part of intensifying cam...
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Illinois governor: 'No concerns' about report of fed probeApr 24, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he has "no concerns at all" about a media report that federal authorities are investigating a property tax brea...
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How Congress changed positions on disclosure between Starr and MuellerApr 23, 2019 1:00 am - Less than 24 hours after the public release of special counsel Robert Mueller's redacted report, Democrats issued a subpoena for all of the report's underlying evidence....
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Report: Trump's washing machine tariffs cost U.S. consumers $815,000 for every job createdApr 23, 2019 1:00 am - President Donald Trump has repeatedly sought to portray his tariffs on Chinese goods as a major windfall for the U.S. Treasury that has extracted "billions of dollars" f...