Articles filed under Political Figures
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Top contenders for Ginsburg's seat on Supreme CourtSep 22, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has said he would nominate a woman to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday at the age of 87 and was a champion of gen...
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Who's a hypocrite? GOP, Dems debate past comments on courtSep 22, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The "H" word - hypocrisy - is suddenly in vogue at the Capitol as lawmakers debate how quickly to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court following the death of...
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Illinois COVID-19 case counts per county, ZIP code as of Sept. 22Sep 22, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive mapFind an interactive map where you can search counts by ZIP code at dailyherald.com. Suburbs' portion There have been 126,464 COVID-19 cases...
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Senate GOP lines up with Trump to quickly fill court seatSep 22, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans have swiftly fallen in line behind President Donald Trump's rush to fill the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Supreme Court seat, all ...
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Cindy McCain rebukes fellow Republican Trump to back BidenSep 22, 2020 1:00 am - PHOENIX - Cindy McCain has endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for president in a rebuke of President Donald Trump by the widow of the Republican Party's 2008 nominee. Trump has...
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'Such a sense of loss': 30 more COVID-19 deaths in Illinois as U.S. toll reaches 200,000Sep 22, 2020 1:00 am - Illinois recorded 1,531 new cases of COVID-19 and 30 additional deaths as the nation hit a heartbreaking milestone Tuesday with 200,000 people dying from the virus - par...
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GOP Senate report on Biden son alleges conflict of interestSep 22, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Two Republican-led Senate committees issued a politically charged report Wednesday alleging that the work Joe Biden's son did in Ukraine constituted a confl...
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High court front-runner hailed by right, feared by leftSep 21, 2020 1:00 am - A front-runner to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a federal appellate judge who has established herself as a reliable ...
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Trump to make court pick by Saturday, before Ginsburg burialSep 21, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Monday he expects to announce his pick for the Supreme Court by week's end, before Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is buried, launc...
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COVID update: Illinois has second-lowest test positivity rate of nearby statesSep 20, 2020 1:00 am - Illinois continues to show a low test positivity rate for COVID-19 compared to nearby states, data from Johns Hopkins University indicated Sunday. The state's test posit...