Articles filed under Political Figures
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Pritzker: Illinois needs progressive income tax to help the budgetMar 04, 2019 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Monday he doesn't foresee pushing pension obligations onto local municipalities and school districts, but Illinois needs a progressive income tax...
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House Democrats demand documents from more than 80 people, institutions affiliated with TrumpMar 04, 2019 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - House Democrats sent more than 80 letters Monday demanding documents from family members, business associates, political confidants and others with connecti...
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Analysis: How Netanyahu's indictment could become a case study for impeachment in the U.S.Mar 01, 2019 12:00 am - In the end, indictment appeared inevitable, as investigators dug up more and more accusations against the man leading their country. In response, he blamed his opponents...
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Trump lambastes Cohen, pointing to reportedly favorable book written by his former lawyerMar 01, 2019 12:00 am - President Donald Trump sought to attack the credibility Friday of his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen by pointing to a book that he has reportedly written that depi...
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The lunch that never was: Trump's North Korea summit faltersFeb 28, 2019 7:25 am - HANOI, Vietnam - The table was set, with flowers in vases and menus tucked inside white napkins. Water glasses were filled. Wicker fans provided a cool breeze. But nobod...
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Fact-checking the Michael Cohen hearingFeb 28, 2019 12:00 am - A colleague said The Fact Checker faced an existential question about the Michael Cohen testimony: What if a convicted liar says he's telling the truth about a person he...
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Summit Day 1: What happened at Trump-Kim meeting II?Feb 27, 2019 12:00 am - Perhaps the sheer mind-bending spectacle of seeing North Korea's secretive, dynastic leader Kim Jong Un together with the mercurial U.S. President Donald Trump on the wo...
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Trump offers public embrace of Kim Jong Un hours before summit beginsFeb 27, 2019 12:00 am - HANOI, Vietnam - President Donald Trump opened two days of summits Wednesday by offering a public embrace of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, referring to the brutal aut...
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White House bans four journalists from covering Trump-Kim dinner because of shouted questionsFeb 27, 2019 12:00 am - HANOI, Vietnam - The White House abruptly banned four U.S. journalists from covering President Donald Trump's dinner here Wednesday with North Korean dictator Kim Jong U...
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Analysis: Michael Cohen's testimony includes three remarkable allegations against TrumpFeb 27, 2019 12:00 am - We've expected for some time that Wednesday might offer explosive new revelations about President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and his private business, given that Trump...