Articles filed under Political Figures
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Trump's 'marching orders' to the Pentagon: Plan a grand military paradeFeb 07, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's vision of soldiers marching and tanks rolling down the boulevards of Washington is moving closer to reality in the Pentagon and Whi...
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House committee votes to release Democrats' classified Russia memoFeb 06, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The House intelligence committee's probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election spun further into charges and countercharges among angry U.S. lawmaker...
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How Trump replied to a 7-year-old's anguished letter about gun violenceFeb 05, 2018 12:00 am - The manila envelope arrived on Mary Olsen's doorstep the day after Christmas, and in its top left corner were three words that stopped her: "THE WHITE HOUSE." It was add...
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Ives: 'Edgy' ad 'accurate representation' of Rauner policiesFeb 05, 2018 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Republican candidate for governor Jeanne Ives says her contentious campaign ad against Gov. Bruce Rauner is an "accurate representation" of policies her ri...
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Trump escalates attacks on FBI leadership with early morning tweetFeb 02, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTO> - President Donald Trump on Friday accused the top leadership of the Justice Department and FBI of favoring Democrats and having "politicized the sacred inve...
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House GOP memo: 'Troubling breakdown of legal processes' in Russia probeFeb 02, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans on Friday released a partisan and bitterly disputed memo that they say shows surveillance abuses in the early stages of the FBI's inv...
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Read full text of Republican memo on surveillance abusesFeb 02, 2018 12:00 am - The Honorable Devin Nunes Chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence United States Capitol Washington, DC 20515 Dear Mr. Chairman: On January 29, 2018,...
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Fact checking the Democratic responses to Trump's State of the UnionFeb 01, 2018 12:00 am - We fact-checked 18 claims from President Donald Trump's first State of the Union speech, but he wasn't the only one throwing around dubious numbers and words. Four polit...
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Trump expected to OK release of controversial memo following some redactionsFeb 01, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is expected to approve the release of a controversial congressional memo alleging surveillance abuses by the FBI, after the White Hou...
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Rauner urges unity, tax cutsJan 31, 2018 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner urged bipartisanship Wednesday to confront Illinois' economic crisis, at times drawing mock applause from Democratic legislato...