Articles filed under Political Figures
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Pritzker signs bill aimed at limiting high-interest consumer debtJul 29, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois residents who have had judgments entered against them for consumer debts soon will start paying less interest on those debts, and collectors will ...
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Trump says 'a small rate cut is not enough' ahead of Fed meetingJul 29, 2019 1:00 am - President Donald Trump renewed his attack on the Federal Reserve ahead of its meeting this week, complaining it "probably will do very little" to counteract actions by E...
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White House summit on social media gave a boost to key Trump supporters. They used it to attack Mueller.Jul 27, 2019 1:00 am - After right-wing influencers and online provocateurs flocked to the White House earlier this month for a summit on how they'd been suppressed across social media, a rema...
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The 6 most important quotes from Mueller's six hours of testimonyJul 25, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Robert Mueller chose his words carefully. The former special counsel responded monosyllabically to hundreds of questions on Wednesday. He clearly did not wa...
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Mueller made a case for election security, but lawmakers seemed largely disinterestedJul 25, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Robert Mueller sounded a warning bell yesterday about Russian efforts to compromise future U.S. elections, but the House lawmakers who grilled him for six h...
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Major automakers strike climate deal with California, rebuffing Trump's mileage freezeJul 25, 2019 1:00 am - Four automakers from three continents have struck a deal with California to produce more fuel-efficient cars for their U.S. fleets in coming years, undercutting one of t...
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'Like watching depressed paint dry': TV comics rip Mueller's 'low-key' testimonyJul 25, 2019 1:00 am - By 8 a.m. on Wednesday, the halls of the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill were already clogged with long lines of people. Across Washington, a handful of ba...
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Quigley, Krishnamoorthi draw answers out of Mueller about Trump's praising WikiLeaks, his aides' Russia tiesJul 24, 2019 1:00 am - Two local Democrats drew some significant revelations from former special counsel Robert Mueller who on Tuesday testified before Congress about whether President Donald ...
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Fact check: Is Trump cutting Medicare to give tax breaks to billionaires?Jul 24, 2019 1:00 am - "I paid into Medicare my whole life. Trump wants to cut it just to pay for tax breaks to billionaires." - "Bill A.," in Priorities USA ad released July 23, 2019 - - - It...
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Trump, allies frame Mueller testimony as win for White HouseJul 24, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and his allies did not wait for Robert Mueller to finish testifying Wednesday about his investigation into the sitting president befo...