Articles filed under Political Figures
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Data centers emerging as key issue in Illinois governor’s raceAug 17, 2026 4:44 pm - The emergence of a new class of data centers has garnered bipartisan opposition in communities across the state. What was once seen as an avenue for economic growth has become a political issue in Illinois, and one on which candidates from both sides of the aisle are hoping to distinguish themselves.
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Trump administration pauses contentious border construction in Texas' Big Bend National ParkAug 17, 2026 1:38 pm - WASHINGTON — The Trump administration says it is temporarily pausing construction of a controversial border construction project in the Big Bend National Park while the h...
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Trump blames vandals for damaged grass in the spot where he held his big July 4 celebrationAug 17, 2026 1:02 pm - President Donald Trump says vandals are to blame for large swaths of dead grass on the National Mall near the World War II Memorial — in the spot where he had a stage built and hosted crowds for his July 4 celebration.
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Kushner has hourslong meeting with Netanyahu on Gaza a day after talking with HamasAug 17, 2026 8:07 am - Mideast negotiator and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner held an hourslong meeting Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu days after the premier rejected the 15-point, U.S.-backed road map to move the ceasefire deal forward in Gaza.
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Pediatricians push back against Trump's plan to revamp kids’ vaccinesAug 17, 2026 6:51 am - Local experts offer advice for parents amid a White House push to tear up immunization schedules, split up MMR vaccine.
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Trump’s vaccine order hands some MAHA voters a win. It also gives Democrats an attack lineAug 12, 2026 7:18 am - President Donald Trump pivoted the nation’s attention back to vaccines this week with an executive order that aims to scale back the childhood immunization schedule and space out shots into separate visits.
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Pritzker, Bailey seek to convince farmers at forum they’re the best for agricultureAug 11, 2026 5:23 pm - Illinois farmers heard pitches from Gov. JB Pritzker and downstate Republican farmer Darren Bailey on Monday as each argued they’re best positioned to address agricultural issues.
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Pritzker signs bills allowing rideshare unionization, oversight of prescription drug programAug 10, 2026 4:23 pm - Rideshare drivers can unionize in Illinois, a new law seeks to regulate and classify plastic pellets as a pollutant, and the state will exercise greater oversight of a federal prescription drug discount program.
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Trump signs order calling for spacing out childhood vaccines, against medical groups' guidanceAug 10, 2026 1:54 pm - President Donald Trump on Monday will sign an executive order calling for revamped childhood vaccine recommendations that promote his long-held belief that shots should be spaced out into separate medical visits, according to a White House fact sheet.
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Trump announces staff secretary Will Scharf will be his new White House counselAug 09, 2026 7:05 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Sunday that his new White House counsel will be Will Scharf, the staff secretary who as the Trump-appointed head of the Nati...