Articles filed under Political Figures
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Trump lawyer cross-examines accuser at rape lawsuit trialApr 27, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Donald Trump's lawyer began grilling writer E. Jean Carroll in court Thursday about a 1990s encounter at a Manhattan department store that she says ended with...
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Trump back in New Hampshire, 1st event since Biden launchApr 27, 2023 1:00 am - MANCHESTER, N.H. - Former President Donald Trump is returning to New Hampshire on Thursday for his first campaign appearance since President Joe Biden launched his own r...
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6 men, 3 women chosen as jurors in rape suit against TrumpApr 25, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - A jury of six men and three women was chosen Tuesday to hear a former advice columnist's lawsuit accusing former President Donald Trump of raping her in the 1...
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'Let's finish this job': Biden announces 2024 reelection bidApr 25, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Tuesday formally announced that he is running for reelection in 2024, asking voters to give him more time to "finish this job" and ex...
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Prosecution paints ComEd Four as 'grand masters of corruption' before jury deliberationsApr 25, 2023 1:00 am - Attorneys for both the defendants and the government made the same appeal to a federal jury Tuesday before it was left to deliberate the fate of four former ComEd offici...
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Proud Boys leader lawyer: Trump to blame for Jan. 6 riotApr 25, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - A defense attorney argued Tuesday at the close of a landmark trial over the Jan. 6 riot that the Justice Department is making Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarr...
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Thoughts of his Lombard childhood helped Mark Frerichs endure captivity in AfghanistanApr 24, 2023 5:30 am - Second of two parts. To read part one, click here. Mark Frerichs quickly realized there was no logic to the punishments he faced while a hostage of the Taliban. “Th...
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Prosecutor: Proud Boys viewed themselves as 'Trump's army'Apr 24, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Ready for "all-out war," leaders of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group viewed themselves as foot soldiers fighting for Donald Trump as the former pres...
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Defense calls bribery charges 'collateral damage' in feds' pursuit of MadiganApr 24, 2023 1:00 am - A defense attorney for a longtime friend of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan called on a federal jury Monday to "be the shield" between a private citizen an...
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'Got to try something': How Lombard's Mark Frerichs survived 32 months of captivity in AfghanistanApr 23, 2023 6:00 am - First of two parts Early into his long captivity at the hands of the Taliban, Mark Frerichs tried to assert some order: He counted the days in his dirt-floor cell b...