Articles filed under Political Figures
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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 ...
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Illinois Senate majority leader and husband carjackedDec 22, 2021 12:00 am - Illinois Senate Majority Leader Kimberly Lightford and her husband were carjacked Tuesday night in West suburban Broadview by masked gunmen who stole her 2018 Mercedes S...
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Aurora man charged in Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riotDec 21, 2021 12:00 am - An Aurora man accused of using a flagpole to assault a federal officer during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol breach is charged with five felonies in an indictment unsealed this...
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Editorial; George Orwell's America and the 2020 electionDec 18, 2021 1:00 pm - We try not to wade into national politics too often, but anyone who has lived in the United States for any length of time surely understands these are not normal times. ...