Articles filed under Political Figures
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2 Guard members made extremist statements about inaugurationJan 19, 2021 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Twelve U.S. National Guard members have been removed from securing President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration after vetting by the FBI, including two who made...
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Biden's nominees promise fresh approach on national securityJan 19, 2021 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden's nominees to lead his national security team promised a turnabout from the Trump administration's approach on the world stage, sa...
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Biden immigration plan opposed by GOP, conservative groupsJan 19, 2021 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Republican lawmakers and conservative groups opposed President-elect Joe Biden's forthcoming immigration plan Tuesday as massive amnesty for people in the U...
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Illinois has received more than 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccineJan 19, 2021 12:00 am - Illinois has received more than 1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses as of Tuesday, as 4,318 new cases of the virus were reported with 33 more deaths from the respiratory di...
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COVID-19 cases per county, ZIP code as of Jan. 19Jan 19, 2021 12:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion There have been 458,611 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Tuesday. That's 42.6% of the state's total, according t...
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Watch: President Trump wishes Biden luck without naming him in farewell videoJan 19, 2021 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump offered rare, kind words to his successor in a farewell video, while failing to address him by name, as he spent his final full day i...
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Watch: Suburban filmmakers created a piece of inaugural historyJan 19, 2021 12:00 am - A pair of up-and-coming filmmakers from the suburbs landed a last-minute gig of a lifetime: the chance to film a musical performance to be featured as part of Wednesday'...
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How Operation Warp Speed Created Vaccination ChaosJan 18, 2021 10:00 pm - ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Hospitals and cl...
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Harris prepares for central role in Biden's White HouseJan 18, 2021 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Kamala Harris will make history on Wednesday when she becomes the nation's first female vice president - and the first Black woman and the first woman of So...
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What Biden can and can't get from an evenly divided SenateJan 18, 2021 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - So what does a 50-50 Senate get President-elect Joe Biden? Washington has barely had time to process the implications of Democratic control after two G...