Articles filed under Political Figures
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What do 'probable' COVID-19 cases mean to Illinois numbers?Nov 12, 2020 4:30 am - When the state began reporting probable cases of COVID-19 in June, those figures were always separated from cases that had been confirmed using standard molecular tests ...
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Biden chooses longtime adviser Ron Klain as chief of staffNov 12, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Joe Biden has chosen his longtime adviser Ron Klain to reprise his role as his chief of staff, installing an aide with decades of exper...
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Trump's silent public outing belies White House in tumultNov 12, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Trump spent 10 minutes in public honoring America's war veterans - a veneer of normalcy for a White House that's frozen by a defeated president ...
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Biden moves forward without help from Trump's intel teamNov 12, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The presidential race was hovering in limbo in 2000 when outgoing President Bill Clinton decided to let then-Gov. George W. Bush read the ultrasecret d...
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Few legal wins so far as Trump team hunts for proof of fraudNov 12, 2020 12:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - During a Pennsylvania court hearing this week on one of the many election lawsuits brought by President Donald Trump, a judge asked a campaign lawyer...
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Duckworth's memoir coming out March 30Nov 12, 2020 12:00 am - Sen. Tammy Duckworth has written a memoir, "Every Day Is a Gift," which comes out March 30. Twelve, a Hachette Book Group imprint, announced the deal with Duckworth, a H...
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Deaths from COVID-19 surge, cases stand at 12,657Nov 11, 2020 12:00 am - Deaths from COVID-19 rose by nearly 59% in a week, state data showed Wednesday, as an additional 145 Illinoisans succumbed to the respiratory disease, the highest daily ...
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Some big, early shifts on immigration expected under BidenNov 11, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Some dramatic moves on immigration are expected in the early days of the Biden administration. Joe Biden will likely use executive orders to reverse so...
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Biden vows to 'get right to work' despite Trump resistanceNov 11, 2020 12:00 am - WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Vowing "to get right to work," President-elect Joe Biden shrugged off President Donald Trump's fierce refusal to accept the election outcome as "...
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Biden defends health care law as high court mulls its fateNov 10, 2020 12:00 am - WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - President-elect Joe Biden is championing the Obama administration's signature health law as it goes before the Supreme Court in a case that could...