Articles filed under Political Figures
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Here's what happens if governor vetoes just part of school funding billJul 24, 2017 1:00 am - Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner says he plans to strike portions of a controversial school funding bill should it reach his desk. If he does use an amendatory veto to remov...
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Rauner: Madigan promotes property taxes for personal profitJul 24, 2017 1:00 am - Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan deliberately advances policies that promote high property taxes out of a "stunning conflict of interest" that has made him weal...
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Editorial: Rauner, Madigan duel; legislators flee in frustrationJul 22, 2017 2:00 pm - Elaine Nekritz has always struck us as one of the lights in the darkness, a state legislator whose heart is in the right place, who got involved in politics not out of a...
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Sean Spicer resigns as White House press secretaryJul 21, 2017 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - White House press secretary Sean Spicer, President Donald Trump's embattled spokesman during the first six months of his presidency, is resigning his positi...
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Trump's lawyers seek to undercut Mueller's Russia investigationJul 21, 2017 1:00 am - Some of President Donald Trump's lawyers are exploring ways to limit or undercut Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, building a case against what they...
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5 questions about John McCain's brain cancerJul 20, 2017 1:00 am - Glioblastoma, the cancer with which Sen. John McCain has been diagnosed, is a highly lethal malignancy that killed Sen. Edward Kennedy, and Beau Biden, the son of former...
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Dennis Hastert released from Minnesota prisonJul 18, 2017 1:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert has been released from prison in Minnesota and transferred to a Chicago re-entry facility, according to Federal B...
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Editorial: We need answers on Trump and RussiaJul 15, 2017 2:00 pm - There Donald Trump Jr. was the other night, smiling and lighthearted, answering sympathetic questions from Sean Hannity, who famously advised the Trump campaign behind t...
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Is Donald Trump Jr.'s 'I love it' email a smoking gun or a distraction?Jul 12, 2017 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Every great American scandal follows a similar arc, historians say. One side smells nefarious behavior. The other side contends there's no there. Shreds of ...
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Former Clinton aides say Trump Jr. emails show collusionJul 11, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Hillary Clinton's former top campaign aides said Tuesday's revelations about Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with a Russian lawyer showed collusion between ...