Articles filed under Political Figures
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Biden transition gets government OK as Trump runs out of optionsNov 24, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The federal government recognized President-elect Joe Biden as the "apparent winner" of the Nov. 3 election, formally starting the transition of power after...
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New York City's first Black mayor, David Dinkins, dies at 93Nov 24, 2020 12:00 am - NEW YORK - David Dinkins, who broke barriers as New York City's first African American mayor but was doomed to a single term by a soaring murder rate, stubborn unemploym...
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COVID-19 infections in children, teens more than double in last monthNov 20, 2020 12:00 am - COVID-19 infections in children and teens more than doubled in a month, state data showed Friday, as new cases of the virus reached 13,012 with 126 more deaths. The stat...
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Trump, allies make frantic steps to overturn Biden's victoryNov 20, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Michigan state legislators headed to the White House on Friday as President Donald Trump made an extraordinary and sure-to-be futile attempt to block Joe Bi...
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Criminal probe, legal fights await Trump after White HouseNov 20, 2020 12:00 am - A few miles south of the namesake tower where Donald Trump began his run for president, New York prosecutors are grinding away at an investigation into his business deal...
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New York probes Trump consulting payments that reduced his taxesNov 20, 2020 12:00 am - NEW YORK - New York's attorney general has sent a subpoena to the Trump Organization for records related to consulting fees paid to Ivanka Trump as part of a broad civil...
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Geneva considers ticketing people, businesses over governor's COVID-19 ordersNov 20, 2020 12:00 am - People who violate the governor's public health and safety orders in Geneva could receive local tickets, under a proposal the Geneva City Council is considering. Alderme...
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GOP increasingly accepts Trump's defeat - but not in publicNov 19, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - When Kamala Harris returned to the Senate this week for the first time as vice president-elect, her Republican colleagues offered their congratulations...
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Trump targets vote certification in late bid to block BidenNov 19, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Getting nowhere in the courts, President Donald Trump's scattershot effort to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's victory is shifting toward obscure electi...
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Illinois reports 14,612 new COVID-19 cases, 168 more deathsNov 19, 2020 12:00 am - The number of new COVID-19 cases surged to 14,612 Thursday, with a record 6,037 hospital patients and 168 more deaths from the respiratory disease as tighter restriction...