Articles filed under Political Figures
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How Illinois’ congressional Democrats are preparing for the political battles aheadNov 09, 2024 1:45 pm - With a second Trump administration on the horizon, members of Illinois’ Democratic congressional delegation are girding for the political fights ahead and urge like-minded Americans to do the same.
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Furtive GOP votes, blue-state security blanket: What were suburbanites thinking this election?Nov 09, 2024 1:30 pm - Secret Trump votes, blue-state laissez faire — all part of presidential election eye-openers in the suburbs.
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Gov. JB Pritzker says he’ll defend Illinois from Donald Trump’s plans and tamps down a White House run.Nov 08, 2024 6:10 pm - Gov. JB Pritzker pledged Illinois is ready to withstand any retribution on issues such as immigration and reproductive rights from Republican President-elect Donald Trump...
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The hardest job in Washington? A look at those who have served as chief of staff for TrumpNov 08, 2024 3:15 pm - WASHINGTON — Susie Wiles will be the latest occupant of the hottest hot seat in Washington — Donald Trump's chief of staff. It's a tough job under the best of circumstanc...
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How much influence could RFK Jr. have over vaccines in Trump’s government?Nov 08, 2024 3:09 pm - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spent years questioning the federal agencies in charge of vaccine production and safety. Now he is poised to potentially oversee those agencies in a second Trump administration, giving him a major platform to amplify his skepticism of the lifesaving shots and shape what Americans learn about them.
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Justice Department brings criminal charges in Iranian murder-for-hire plan targeting Donald TrumpNov 08, 2024 12:09 pm - The Justice Department on Friday disclosed an Iranian murder-for-hire plot to kill Donald Trump, charging a man who said he had been tasked by a government official before this week's election with assassinating the Republican president-elect.
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What Trump’s victory could mean for oil companies and climate change policyNov 08, 2024 7:45 am - President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House could reverse the gains the United States has made in fighting global warming, experts said, by cementing his plans to unleash domestic fossil fuel production, dismantle key environmental rules and scale back federal support for renewable energy and electric vehicles.
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Rioters who stormed Capitol after Trump’s 2020 defeat toast his White House returnNov 07, 2024 12:43 pm - As it became clear Donald Trump was returning to the White House, the Florida man who posed for photos with then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern during the Capitol riot popped a bottle of Trump-branded sparkling wine. “Y’all are in trouble,” he said after taking a sip in a video shared on social media.
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Biden gets blamed by Harris allies for the vice president’s resounding loss to TrumpNov 07, 2024 12:28 pm - Joe Biden's name wasn't on the ballot, but history will likely remember Kamala Harris' resounding defeat as his loss too.
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For Trump and Republicans in Congress, ‘everything is in play’ on tax cutsNov 07, 2024 8:12 am - President-elect Donald Trump is poised to push swiftly for new tax cuts if Republicans win full control of Congress, further slashing corporate rates and extending trillions of dollars of other cuts even as the national debt soars.