Articles filed under Political Figures
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Pritzker picks Stevenson graduate to lead communications teamSep 27, 2024 11:38 am - Buffalo Grove native Matt Hill is now a key spokesman for Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
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Trump and Zelenskyy meet in New York amid rising questions about US support for UkraineSep 27, 2024 9:38 am - NEW YORK — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met face-to-face with Donald Trump on Friday with public tensions rising between the two over Ukraine's defense against...
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Trump favors huge new tariffs. What are they, and how do they work?Sep 27, 2024 8:18 am - WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has identified what he sees as an all-purpose fix for what ails America: Slap huge new tariffs on foreign goods entering the United States. The ...
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‘We all are Americans’: Early voters share hopes and fears for the presidential electionSep 26, 2024 6:22 pm - It was hard to find anyone without a strong opinion about the presidential election as early voters filled out ballots in the suburbs.
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In dueling speeches, Harris is to make her capitalist pitch while Trump pushes deeper into populismSep 25, 2024 7:56 am - WASHINGTON — Derided by Donald Trump as a “communist,” Kamala Harris is playing up her street cred as a capitalist. Attacked by Harris as a rich kid who got $400 million ...
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A tale of crushing security lapses and missed chances to stop the man who shot TrumpSep 25, 2024 7:53 am - WASHINGTON — The acting director of the Secret Service was incensed at what had happened that July evening. “What I saw made me ashamed,” Ronald Rowe Jr. said. “I cannot ...
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Trump calls for 100% tariffs on cars made in Mexico as part of US manufacturing planSep 24, 2024 9:14 am - SAVANNAH, Ga. — Donald Trump on Tuesday pledged to stop U.S. businesses from shipping jobs overseas and to take other countries’ jobs and factories by relying heavily on ...
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Biden in farewell U.N. address says peace still possible in conflicts in Mideast and UkraineSep 24, 2024 6:34 am - NEW YORK — President Joe Biden declared in his final address to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday that the U.S. must not retreat from the world, as Israel and Hezbolla...
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Feds: Man accused in apparent assassination attempt wrote note indicating he intended to kill TrumpSep 23, 2024 7:49 am - The man accused in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump wrote a note months earlier saying that he intended to kill the former president, the Justice Department disclosed Monday in arguing that he should remain locked up as the case moves forward.
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Harris raises $27 million in New York fundraiser, promises economic speech this weekSep 23, 2024 7:32 am - NEW YORK — Vice President Kamala Harris raised $27 million at a packed New York City fundraiser on Sunday, her largest fundraising haul since she took over at the top of ...