Articles filed under Political Figures
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Report: Blagojevich asks President Trump for clemencyJun 05, 2018 1:00 am - Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has formally asked President Donald Trump to commute his sentence, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. Last week, Trump said he was ...
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Rauner signs 1st full-year state budget as Illinois governorJun 04, 2018 1:00 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed Illinois' new state budget, the first full-year spending plan he's enacted since taking office in 2015. The Republican, who's seeking re-ele...
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Trump says he has 'absolute right' to pardon himself of federal crimes, but denies any wrongdoingJun 04, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Monday asserted an "absolute right" to pardon himself of any federal crimes but said he has no reason to do because he has not eng...
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Trump pardons: Celebrity connections, conservative causesJun 01, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has pardoned a conservative commentator he claims "was treated very unfairly by our government!" and announced he's thinking about cl...
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Democrat quits House leadership job amid harassment claimJun 01, 2018 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The No. 3 Democrat in the Illinois House stepped down from his leadership post Thursday less than an hour after a legislative activist accused him of verba...
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Trump: 'Total double standard' that Samantha Bee's show hasn't been canceledJun 01, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump, who once bragged that his celebrity status gave him a pass to grab women's crotches, asked Friday why comedian Samantha Bee wasn't f...
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President Trump says June 12 summit with Kim back onJun 01, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is back on for June 12. Trump says after an Oval Office meeting Friday with Nor...
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Trump breaks protocol, sends markets clear signal on jobs report before numbers releasedJun 01, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Friday broke with decades of protocol and commented publicly about the highly anticipated jobs report data 69 minutes before they ...
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Illinois passes budget, moving to avert repeat of impasseMay 31, 2018 1:00 am - Illinois lawmakers approved a bipartisan spending plan, leaving the state poised to enact its first on-time budget in four years and avoid a repeat of the record impasse...
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Trump mulls commuting Blagojevich's sentence, pardoning Martha StewartMay 31, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he's considering commuting the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted of corruption, ...