Articles filed under Political Figures
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Cindy McCain rebukes fellow Republican Trump to back BidenSep 22, 2020 1:00 am - PHOENIX - Cindy McCain has endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for president in a rebuke of President Donald Trump by the widow of the Republican Party's 2008 nominee. Trump has...
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'Such a sense of loss': 30 more COVID-19 deaths in Illinois as U.S. toll reaches 200,000Sep 22, 2020 1:00 am - Illinois recorded 1,531 new cases of COVID-19 and 30 additional deaths as the nation hit a heartbreaking milestone Tuesday with 200,000 people dying from the virus - par...
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GOP Senate report on Biden son alleges conflict of interestSep 22, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Two Republican-led Senate committees issued a politically charged report Wednesday alleging that the work Joe Biden's son did in Ukraine constituted a confl...
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High court front-runner hailed by right, feared by leftSep 21, 2020 1:00 am - A front-runner to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a federal appellate judge who has established herself as a reliable ...
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Trump to make court pick by Saturday, before Ginsburg burialSep 21, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Monday he expects to announce his pick for the Supreme Court by week's end, before Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is buried, launc...
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COVID update: Illinois has second-lowest test positivity rate of nearby statesSep 20, 2020 1:00 am - Illinois continues to show a low test positivity rate for COVID-19 compared to nearby states, data from Johns Hopkins University indicated Sunday. The state's test posit...
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U.S. bans WeChat, TikTok citing national security, privacySep 19, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. will ban the downloads of the Chinese apps TickTok and WeChat on Sunday, with a total ban on the use of the latter, citing national security a...
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How Ginsburg's death could reshape the presidential campaignSep 19, 2020 1:00 am - NEW YORK - A presidential campaign that was already tugging at the nation's most searing divides has been jolted by the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsbur...
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At town hall, Biden blasts Trump's 'criminal' virus responseSep 18, 2020 1:00 am - MOOSIC, Pa. - Joe Biden went after President Donald Trump again and again over his handling of COVID-19, calling Trump's downplaying of the pandemic "criminal" and his a...
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State lifts COVID-19-related restrictions on Will, Kankakee countiesSep 18, 2020 1:00 am - Restrictions to reduce the spread of COVID-19, including a ban on indoor dining in restaurants and bars, were lifted in Will and Kankakee counties as of 5 p.m. Friday, G...