Articles filed under Political Figures
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Trump says he'll postpone State of Union address until shutdown endsJan 23, 2019 12:00 am - President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday night that he is postponing his State of the Union address until the partial government shutdown ends, yielding after a weeklong...
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With dueling bills unlikely to fly, Durbin optimistic about compromise to reopen governmentJan 23, 2019 12:00 am - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin has long supported giving legal status to "Dreamers," migrant children brought into the U.S. as children. But he rejected attempts to sweeten a Rep...
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Amid calls for restraint, Trump slams media over portrayal of confrontation between Catholic students, tribal elderJan 22, 2019 12:00 am - After a weekend marked by bitter recriminations over race and political bias, with the nation transfixed by viral videos depicting a confrontation between a crowd of Cat...
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Brown kicked off Chicago mayoral ballotJan 22, 2019 12:00 am - Dorothy Brown was dropped from the mayoral ballot Tuesday by the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, bringing the field of contenders to 14. But the clerk of the ci...
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Tracing Martin Luther King's Chicago footsteps in what would have been his 90th yearJan 21, 2019 12:00 am - "He would have been 90 this year," says the Rev. Jesse Jackson, founder and president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. Jackson was reflecting on this year's holiday honori...
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Sun-Times: Dr. King legacy seen in diversity of elected Illinois, Chicago, national leadersJan 21, 2019 12:00 am - "He would have been 90 this year," says the Rev. Jesse Jackson, founder and president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. Jackson was reflecting on this year's holiday honori...
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Trump offers temporary protections for some immigrants in exchange for wall moneyJan 19, 2019 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump made a new offer Saturday to Democrats aimed at ending the 29-day partial government shutdown that would extend deportation protectio...
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Report: Trump told Michael Cohen to lie. His own attorney general pick said that's a crime.Jan 18, 2019 12:00 am - When Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, asked President Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, William Barr, earlier this week whether it would be a...
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In rare move, Mueller's office denies report that Trump told Cohen to lieJan 18, 2019 12:00 am - Special Counsel Robert Mueller III's office on Friday denied an explosive report by BuzzFeed News that his investigators had gathered evidence showing President Donald T...
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T-Mobile execs stayed at Trump's hotel while seeking approval for merger from White HouseJan 16, 2019 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Last April, telecom giant T-Mobile announced a megadeal: a $26 billion merger with rival Sprint, which would more than double T-Mobile's value and give it a...