Articles filed under Political Figures
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Editorial: Trump's bid to inflict fear on the suburbsJul 25, 2020 11:00 pm - When Donald J. Trump won the presidency in 2016, he carried the nation's suburbs by a margin of 49% vs. Hillary Clinton's 45%. When the NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll was...
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First elected chairman of Kane County Board diesJul 22, 2020 11:00 pm - Warren L. Kammerer, the first elected chairman of the Kane County board, has died, at the age of 95. Kammerer died Monday. He was appointed county board chairman in Dece...
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White House drops payroll tax cut as GOP unveils virus aidJul 22, 2020 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — The White House has reluctantly dropped a bid to cut Social Security payroll taxes as Republicans unveil a $1 trillion COVID-19 rescue package on Thursday, ...
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Trump has been on both sides of the states' rights argumentJul 21, 2020 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — When it comes to states' rights, President Donald Trump is all over the map. To battle the coronavirus, he's told states they're largely on their own. But w...
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Highest one-day infection count in Illinois since early JuneJul 21, 2020 11:00 pm - State health officials announced Wednesday that 23 more Illinois residents have died from COVID-19, while an additional 1,598 people have been infected. That's the large...
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'This bloodshed must end': Trump deploys feds to Chicago under 'law-and-order' pushJul 21, 2020 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he will send federal agents into Chicago and Albuquerque to help combat rising crime, expanding the administ...
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Trump says virus in US will get worse before it gets betterJul 20, 2020 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump sought to paint a rosier picture of the coronavirus for the nation Tuesday but conceded the pandemic is likely to get worse for a tim...
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Trump to send federal agents to Chicago, maybe other citiesJul 20, 2020 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is planning to deploy federal agents to Chicago and possibly other Democrat-run cities as he continues to assert federal power and us...
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'Call a special session': Republicans want Pritkzer to act on corruption probeJul 20, 2020 11:00 pm - Republican lawmakers pressured Democrats and Gov. J.B. Pritzker Tuesday to reconvene the General Assembly to address the corruption scandal engulfing ComEd and implicati...
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Illinois reports 23 more deaths, 955 new COVID-19 casesJul 20, 2020 11:00 pm - Cases of COVID-19 rose by 955 and deaths from the respiratory disease increased by 23, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported Tuesday. That brings the statewi...