Articles filed under Political Figures
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Pritzker says Illinois is a go for Phase 3 Friday, starts thinking about Phase 4 in late JuneMay 28, 2020 1:00 am - Illinois meets all requirements to ease COVID-19 restrictions Friday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Thursday while dangling the possibility of a return to near-normalcy in fou...
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May 28 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeMay 28, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive mapSuburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 59,456 cases in the suburbs, 51% of the state's total, according to the Illinois Dep...
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Trump signs executive order against social media companies, escalating war on TwitterMay 28, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump escalated his war on social media companies Thursday, signing an executive order challenging the liability protections that have...
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Trump continues to claim broad powers he doesn't haveMay 28, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Threatening to shut down Twitter for flagging false content. Claiming he can "override" governors who dare to keep churches closed to congregants. Asserting...
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160 new deaths bring state's COVID-19 toll past 5,000; contact tracing ramping upMay 27, 2020 1:00 am - Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct that the state announced 160 more deaths Wednesday. The state's death toll from COVID-19 infections surpassed ...
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Trump threatens social media after Twitter fact-checks himMay 27, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump, the historically prolific tweeter of political barbs and blasts, threatened social media companies with new regulation or even shutt...
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Republican governors offer states as alternative GOP convention hostMay 26, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Two GOP governors are offering up their states to host the Republican National Convention - a day after President Donald Trump threatened to pull the conven...
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'We seem to have come off the peak,' Pritzker says as weekly death tolls are droppingMay 26, 2020 1:00 am - Death and hospitalization rates for COVID-19 hit significant low points Tuesday as Illinois moves toward looser COVID-19 restrictions Friday, although officials urged re...
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Pritzker casts doubt on Arlington plan for spectators at track this summerMay 22, 2020 1:00 am - The president of Arlington International Racecourse said Friday the plan to reopen this summer "is not possible" without spectators in the grandstand, but Gov. J.B. Prit...
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Trump deems churches 'essential,' calls for them to reopenMay 22, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Friday that he has deemed churches and other houses of worship "essential" and called on governors across the country to allow t...