Articles filed under Political Figures
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Watchdog recommends Kellyanne Conway be removed from office for Hatch Act violationsJun 13, 2019 1:00 am - The Office of Special Counsel on Thursday recommended the removal of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway from federal office for violating the Hatch Act, which bars f...
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Photographer snapped image of Trump's alleged Mexico deal. Here's what it says.Jun 12, 2019 1:00 am - President Donald Trump has claimed for two days that he secured a secret immigration deal with Mexico - beyond the one announced Friday. But the White House has declined...
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Sun-Times: Pritzker signs abortion lawJun 12, 2019 1:00 am - Bucking neighboring states, Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday sent a big signal by signing a law to protect Illinois' abortion rights should Roe v. Wade be over...
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Trump asserts executive privilege to shield documents on Census citizenship questionJun 12, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Wednesday asserted executive privilege to shield documents about the administration's decision to add a citizenship question to th...
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Earmarks helped secure Rebuild Illinois approval. What's in it for the suburbs? (Dog parks?)Jun 10, 2019 5:29 am - One lawmaker's dog park is another lawmaker's pork when it comes to the massive capital bill unleashed by the General Assembly. Hundreds of earmarks clog the 362 pages o...
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President Trump says U.S. to 'do something' about French wine tariffsJun 10, 2019 1:00 am - President Donald Trump promised to do "something" about French wine that he said is allowed into the U.S. virtually tariff-free while France imposes duties on U.S. wine,...
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Trump and Macron planted a friendship tree. Now it's dead.Jun 10, 2019 1:00 am - PARIS - The symbolic tree that President Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron planted at the White House last year has died, according to French media...
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In first year as governor, Pritzker pushes through far-reaching agendaJun 08, 2019 8:00 am - After four years of fiscal austerity and the pro-business, anti-union agenda of former Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, Illinois lawmakers took a sharp turn to the left dur...
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Here's how tariffs will raise prices at some of America's best-known companiesJun 07, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - In the past year, President Donald Trump's increasingly combative approach to global trade has sent American companies scrambling. What started with tariffs...
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Pritzker says opponents are misleading voters about graduated income taxJun 06, 2019 1:00 am - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said opponents of the proposed graduated income tax plan are intentionally misleading voters who will ultimately decide its fate in November ...