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Schneider challenger knocked off primary ballot
Jan 9, 2020 1:20 PM - As expected, the Democrat hoping to unseat U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider in the 10th House District was knocked off the primary election ballot Thursday because of problems with his nominating petitions. -
Analysis: Trump changes terms of 2020 race with Iran turmoil
Jan 9, 2020 11:17 AM - The yearslong focus on President Trump's performance on the economy, health care and immigration has been overtaken by an urgent debate over foreign policy and war. And as the sprint to Iowa's Feb. 3 caucuses begins, both Trump and his Democratic rivals are being forced to navigate a delicate and dangerous military conflict with Iran that injects a new level of uncertainty into the 2020 contest.
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Schneider challenger could be knocked off ballot in 10th House District race
Jan 8, 2020 10:59 PM - U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider's challenger in March's Democratic primary for the 10th House District seat could be knocked off the ballot Thursday. -
Joe Walsh skipping Illinois primary in bid to unseat Trump
Jan 5, 2020 1:46 PM - GOP presidential hopeful Joe Walsh, a former suburban U.S. House member, will not be on the Illinois primary ballot in March, his spokesman told the Chicago Sun-Times on Friday, shrinking an already narrow sliver of a path he has to defeat President Donald Trump. -
Julian Castro drops out of Democratic presidential race
Jan 2, 2020 9:43 AM - Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro dropped out of the presidential race after lagging in fundraising and polls. -
Casten discusses his vote to impeach Trump at town hall in Palatine
Dec 21, 2019 7:52 PM - Freshman U.S. Rep Sean Casten told constituents Saturday that it did not make him happy to cast a vote to impeach President Donald Trump but that he felt privileged to have had the ability to be in the position to defend the constitution. Casten called the vote the most important vote he and his colleagues had ever taken and said he voted the way he did because Trump's actions towards Ukraine were an "open and shut case" of bribery. -
Two senators from Illinois compare Trump impeachment to Clinton's
Dec 21, 2019 4:14 PM - Two who've been through it before, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and former U.S. Sen. Peter Fitzgerald, compare the Bill Clinton impeachment and Senate trial with the pending Donald Trump trial. -
Pelosi: Power of gavel means Trump is 'impeached forever'
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Key takeaways from the Democratic presidential debate in LA
Dec 19, 2019 9:40 PM - Democratic presidential candidates offered two very different debates during their final forum of 2019. In the first half, they spent much of their time making the case for their electability in a contest with President Donald Trump. The second half was filled with friction over money in politics, Afghanistan and experience. -
President Trump becomes the third U.S. president to be impeached
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