Articles filed under Political Figures
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Congress demands answers from Trump about Soleimani killingJan 06, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump insists that Iranian cultural sites are fair game for the U.S. military, dismissing concerns within his own administration that doing...
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Election year to feature bitter fights, deepening dividesJan 06, 2020 12:00 am - NEW YORK - Four years after President Donald Trump drove the rules of politics over a cliff to win the Republican presidential nomination and ultimately the White House,...
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U.S. long watched Soleimani, but feared risks of a strikeJan 03, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - In 2007, U.S. commandos watched as a convoy carrying a powerful Iranian military leader made its way to northern Iraq. It was a prime opportunity to ta...
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'Nothing is more important to me': Delegate candidates push petitions, pump up prospective voters in the suburbsJan 02, 2020 4:30 am - Wanted: Energetic people with sufficient chutzpah to walk up to complete strangers and start talking politics. Must like walking in the cold. No pay or recognition, but ...
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Trump says trade signing set for Jan. 15; China silentJan 02, 2020 12:00 am - U.S. President Donald Trump said he will sign the first phase of a trade deal with China on Jan. 15, sealing an agreement that sees the Asian nation raising purchases of...
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Blagojevich writes that today's Democrats would have impeached LincolnJan 02, 2020 12:00 am - Knowing his best chance at freedom still lies in the hands of President Donald Trump, former Gov. Rod Blagojevich has argued in a new column that Democrats in the U.S. H...
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Krishnamoorthi reflects on tumultuous 2019 in politicsJan 01, 2020 12:00 am - House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearings riveted Americans to their screens in 2019 as witnesses like special prosecutor Robert Mueller made history. "B...
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Iraqi militia breaches U.S. Embassy complex as Trump blames IranDec 31, 2019 12:00 am - Dozens of Iraqi militiamen and their supporters stormed the U.S. Embassy complex in Baghdad on Tuesday to protest deadly U.S. airstrikes against their Iranian-backed for...
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Trump says he will sign phase-one China trade deal jan. 15Dec 31, 2019 12:00 am - U.S. President Donald Trump said he will sign the first phase of a trade deal with China on Jan. 15, sealing an agreement that sees the Asian nation raising purchases of...
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Illinois governor clears thousands of marijuana convictionsDec 31, 2019 12:00 am - Illinois' governor granted more than 11,000 pardons for low-level marijuana convictions on Tuesday, describing the step as a first wave of thousands of such expungements...