Articles filed under Political Figures
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White House: Conway has been 'counseled' after touting Ivanka Trump's productsFeb 09, 2017 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Trump's official counselor, Kellyanne Conway, was "counseled" after she told TV audiences to "go buy Ivanka's stuff," the White House said Thursda...
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Trump attacks McCain for questioning success of deadly Yemen raidFeb 09, 2017 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump lashed out at Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on Thursday, saying that the senator's negative assessment of a deadly raid in Yemen last mo...
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Pence casts deciding vote to confirm DeVos as education secretaryFeb 07, 2017 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Vice President Mike Pence cast the deciding vote to confirm Betsy DeVos as education secretary Tuesday after opponents failed amid a groundswell of oppositi...
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Duckworth, Durbin wary of new education secretaryFeb 07, 2017 12:00 am - Illinois' two senators cast "no" votes against President Trump's pick of Betsy DeVos as education secretary although Republicans prevailed Tuesday with an assist from Vi...
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How a Chicago man posts hundreds of pro-Trump tweets each dayFeb 06, 2017 12:00 am - Daniel John Sobieski, 68, climbed the stairs in his modest brick home and settled into a worn leather chair for another busy day of tweeting. But he needn't have bothere...
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Uncertainty at O'Hare as temporary travel ban hangs in the balanceFeb 06, 2017 12:00 am - Hours from a judicial showdown that could shake U.S. travel rules once again, some families at O'Hare International Airport reunited joyfully while others waited anxious...
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Analysis: What Trump's FCC chairman thinks about net neutralityFeb 04, 2017 6:14 am - You may have heard that President Donald Trump's new FCC chairman, Ajit Pai, is a critic of the government's net neutrality rules - the regulations barring Internet prov...
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Companies anticipate big software deals, with help from TrumpFeb 04, 2017 6:10 am - The software industry went on a shopping spree in 2016, and this year could be even busier, bolstered by the new president's policies and what one analyst suggests could...
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Grayslake man decries ban keeping Syrian son-in-law out of U.S.Feb 03, 2017 4:05 am - President Donald Trump's ban preventing Syrians from entering the U.S. is hitting home for a Grayslake family. "It's the first time I've had the federal government step ...
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Rauner makes Munger deputy governor after she lost comptroller electionFeb 03, 2017 12:00 am - Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has hired former Leslie Munger of Lincolnshire to be a deputy governor after she lost her bid to be re-elected comptroller. Rauner says Munge...