Articles filed under Political Figures
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Trump blasts ruling on travel banMar 15, 2017 6:00 am - For the second time, a federal court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump's efforts to freeze immigration by refugees and citizens of some predominantly Muslim na...
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House committee wants evidence for Trump's wiretap claimMar 12, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The House intelligence committee is asking the Trump administration for evidence that the phones at Trump Tower were tapped during the campaign as its ...
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Roskam: GOP health care plan good for Illinois; Hultgren on the fenceMar 08, 2017 12:00 am - As a fight rages on Capitol Hill over a Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam of Wheaton strongly supports the alternative devised b...
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New Trump travel ban targets citizens of 6 Muslim-majority nations seeking visasMar 06, 2017 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump signed a new travel ban Monday that administration officials said they hope will end legal challenges over the matter by imposing a 9...
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Pushback against Trump administration's new travel ban beginsMar 06, 2017 12:00 am - A redo of President Donald Trump's travel ban still is causing unease for some suburban Muslims and troubling local refugee advocates. The president issued a new executi...
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Trump expected to sign new travel ban MondayMar 05, 2017 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is preparing to sign a revised executive order temporarily barring the entry of people from certain Muslim-majority countries and hal...
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FBI director asked Justice Dept. to refute Trump's wiretapping claimMar 05, 2017 12:00 am - FBI Director James Comey asked the Justice Department this weekend to issue a statement refuting President Donald Trump's claim that President Barack Obama ordered a wir...
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Schaumburg church provides parishioners with immigration informationMar 04, 2017 12:00 am - Be prepared. Have an emergency plan. Know your rights. An immigration law expert offered that advice during a meeting Saturday evening at the Christian Pentecostal Cente...
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Trump says Obama wiretapped his phones; sources say noMar 04, 2017 12:00 am - President Donald Trump on Saturday angrily accused former President Barack Obama of orchestrating a "Nixon/Watergate" plot to tap the phones at his Trump Tower headquart...
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Quigley is lone Illinoisan on committee investigating Russian tiesMar 02, 2017 12:00 am - The stakes are high and so is the pushback, U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley said Thursday as the House Intelligence Committee embarks on an investigation into whether Russia tamp...