Articles filed under Political Figures
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Jan. 6 attack posed loyalty test for Indiana Rep. Greg PenceJan 04, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Greg Pence watched the Jan. 6 insurrection unfold from an extraordinary perch. As chants of "Hang Mike Pence" echoed in the Capitol, the Republican congress...
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Teachers at culture war front lines with Jan. 6 educationJan 04, 2022 12:00 am - MISSION, Kan. - What students are learning about the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 may depend on where they live. In a Boston suburb in heavily Democratic M...
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Insurrection prompts year of change for U.S. Capitol PoliceJan 04, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A year after thousands of violent pro-Trump rioters overwhelmed police officers at the U.S. Capitol - severely injuring dozens in the process - the for...
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AP-NORC poll: Less than half of GOP say 1/6 was very violentJan 04, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The fighting - so primitive and ferocious that one Capitol Police officer described it as "medieval" and another as a "trip to hell" - left more than 100 la...
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ONE YEAR LATER: From Capitol assault to deadly Des Plaines fire, 2021 got off to a rough startJan 03, 2022 4:30 am - What a way to start the year. With Americans already stressed out over the COVID-19 pandemic and strife stemming from the 2020 elections, the nation was further shocked ...
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Trump, Ivanka, Don Jr., subpoenaed by New York attorney generalJan 03, 2022 12:00 am - NEW YORK - New York's attorney general recently subpoenaed former President Donald Trump and his two eldest children, Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr., demanding their testim...
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Ashli Babbitt a martyr? Her past tells a more complex storyJan 03, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The first time Celeste Norris laid eyes on Ashli Babbitt, the future insurrectionist had just rammed her vehicle three times with an SUV and was pounding on...
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Biden pushed to speak out more as U.S. democracy concerns growJan 03, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden has gotten the same troubling questions from worried world leaders, ones that he never thought he would hear. "Is America going to be al...
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Biden, Putin talk nearly an hour as alarm rises over UkraineDec 30, 2021 12:00 am - WILMINGTON, Del. - Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin spoke frankly for nearly an hour late Thursday amid growing alarm over Russia's troop buildup near Ukraine, ...
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Lightford says husband fired at carjackersDec 23, 2021 12:00 am - Illinois Senate Majority Leader Kimberly Lightford revealed Thursday that her husband fired shots at carjackers after a Mercedes SUV they were in was stolen at gunpoint ...