Articles filed under Political Figures
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Rosalynn Carter set for funeral and burial in the town where she and her husband were bornNov 29, 2023 12:00 am - PLAINS, Ga. (AP) - Her frail husband a silent witness, Rosalynn Carter was celebrated by her family and closest friends Wednesday in the same tiny town where she and Jim...
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Pritzker promises transit fix, talks migrant housing and praises Biden at forumNov 28, 2023 5:00 am - The state and other stakeholders will resolve a looming $730 million annual shortfall facing Metra, Pace and the CTA in 2026, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Monday. The funding...
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In new challenge to indictment, Trump's lawyers argue he had good basis to question election resultsNov 28, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Donald Trump had a "good faith" basis to question the results of the 2020 election, his lawyers said in demanding that prosecutors turn over any evidence re...
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Hunter Biden tells Congress he'd testify publicly, setting up a potential high-stakes faceoffNov 28, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Hunter Biden offered Tuesday to testify publicly before Congress, striking a defiant note in response to a subpoena from Republicans and setting up a potent...
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As Trump's fraud trial eyes his sweeping financial reports, executive says they're not done anymoreNov 27, 2023 12:00 am - NEW YORK - Donald Trump's company no longer prepares the sweeping financial statements that New York state contends were full of deceptive numbers for years, an executiv...
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JFK assassination remembered 60 years later by surviving witnesses to history, including AP reporterNov 22, 2023 12:00 am - DALLAS - Just minutes after President John F. Kennedy was fatally shot as his motorcade rolled through downtown Dallas, Associated Press reporter Peggy Simpson rushed to...
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'Larger than life': Illinois GOP icon James 'Pate' Philip Jr. has diedNov 22, 2023 12:00 am - Former state Senate President James Peyton "Pate" Philip Jr. was a powerful suburban Republican at a time when that really meant something in Illinois. Philip led the Se...
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Trump lawyers urge federal appeals court to revoke gag order in DC election caseNov 20, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Lawyers for former President Donald Trump urged a federal appeals court on Monday to revoke a gag order in the federal case charging him with plotting to ov...
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Rosalynn Carter, former first lady and closest adviser to Jimmy Carter, dead at 96Nov 19, 2023 12:00 am - ATLANTA - Former first lady Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humani...
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President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez discuss migration through Mexico and fentanyl.Nov 18, 2023 12:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO — President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador pledged Friday to work side-by-side to confront illicit fentanyl trafficking into t...